The Civilian Conservation Corps, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s most popular New Deal programs, provided work, education, and recreation opportunities for hundreds of thousands of young African American men.
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
Neither wind nor rain could stop a band of Ohio mothers from securing the education their children deserved.
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