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A Black New Yorker Describes Life in a CCC Camp (with text supports)
Luther C. Wandall, an African American from New York, recalls his time in the Civilian Conservation Corps in an account originally published in The Crisis in 1935.
Tags: Reading Supports
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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.
Tags: New Deal, Reading Supports
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
World War I Veterans March in Washington (with text supports)
After World War I, Congress passed a bill promising each military veteran of that war a cash bonus that would be paid in 1945. In the summer of 1932, facing unemployment and poverty because of the Great Depression, veterans began demanding that the [...]
Tags: Great Depression, Reading Supports
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)