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title: "Civillian Conservation Corps"
type: concept
related: [New Deal]
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhcivillian_conservation_corps/
confidence: high
status: active
---

A part of the New Deal programs for unmarried men to go and build American infrastructure outdoors under reasonably harsh conditions. &ldquo;Kind of like boy scouts for adults.&rdquo; It is structured like the military; Black men were segregated and not given leadership roles.
1933-1942.
