Date of Award
12-31-2015
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Timothy Hacsi
Second Advisor
Marilyn Morgan
Third Advisor
Monica Pelayo
Abstract
The Civilian Conservation Corps employed young white and black men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. In 1935 Robert Fechner, the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, ordered the segregation of Corps camps across the country. Massachusetts’ camps remained integrated due in large part to low funding and a small African American population. The experiences of Massachusetts’ African American population present a new general narrative of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Federal government imposed a three percent African American quota, ensuring that African Americans participated in Massachusetts as the Civilian Conservation Corps expanded. This quota represents a Federal acknowledgement of the racism African Americans faced and an attempt to implement affirmative action against these hardships.
Recommended Citation
Pinkham, Caitlin E., "The Integration of African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Massachusetts" (2015). Graduate Masters Theses. 354.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/354
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