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A "CCC Youth Refuses to Fan Flies Off Officer" (with text supports)

This newspaper account tells about how the NAACP successfully intervened in the case of an African American member of the Civilian Conservation Corps who was dishonorably discharged after he refused to fan flies off an white officer.


Source | "CCC Youth Refuses to Fan Flies Off Officer; Is Fired," Norfolk Journal and Guide, 13 January 1934, 7.
Creator | Norfolk Journal and Guide
Item Type | Newspaper/Magazine
Cite This document | Norfolk Journal and Guide, “A "CCC Youth Refuses to Fan Flies Off Officer" (with text supports),” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/943.

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