United States Youth Conservation Conservation Corps
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Page : 10 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Conservation of natural resources
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Page : 10 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Conservation of natural resources
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Author : United States. Forest Service
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 36,3 MB
Release : 1972
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Youth
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Author : Young Adult Conservation Corps (U.S.)
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Page : 6 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : United States. Dept. of Labor
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Public works
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Author : Youth Conservation Corps (U.S.)
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Page : 7 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Harley E. Jolley
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780865263291
"In 1933 an act of Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to counter the hopelessness felt by millions of young men in the depth of the Great Depression. These young men (age 18 to 25) were set to the task of restoring land wasted by over farming, clear cut timbering, and erosion. The results of their efforts are recreational resources such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In this study, the establishment of the CCC in North Carolina is discussed, camp life is recounted in great detail, and the accomplishments of the Corps are examined. Separate chapters present the involvement of African Americans and the Cherokee in North Carolina's CCC efforts"--Publisher's description.
Author : Barbara W. Sommer
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873516129
CCC veterans tell compelling stories of their experiences planting trees, fighting fires, building state parks, and reclaiming pastureland in this collective history of the CCC in Minnesota.
Author : United States. Forest Service
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Accidents
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Author : Olen Cole
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Page : 114 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813016603
BETWEEN 1933 and 1942, nearly 200,000 young African-Americans participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's most successful New Deal agencies. In an effort to correct the lack of historical attention paid to the African-American contribution to the CCC, Olen Cole, Jr., examines their participation in the Corps as well as its impact on them. Though federal legislation establishing the CCC held that no bias of "race, color, or creed" was to be tolerated, Cole demonstrates that the very presence of African-Americans in the CCC, as well as the placement of the segregated CCC work camps in predominantly white California communities, became significant sources of controversy. Cole assesses community resistance to all-black camps, as well as the conditions of the state park camps, national forest camps, and national park camps where African-American work companies in California were stationed. He also evaluates the educational and recreational experiences of African-American CCC participants, their efforts to combat racism, and their contributions to the protection and maintenance of California's national forests and parks. Perhaps most important, Cole's use of oral histories gives voice to individual experiences: former Corps members discuss the benefits of employment, vocational training, and character development as well as their experiences of community reaction to all-black CCC camps. An important and much neglected chapter in American history, Cole's study should interest students of New Deal politics, state and national park history, and the African-American experience in the twentieth century.