The CCC At Newtown
Newtown Battlefield Preservation has a special place in the history of African Americans' struggle for equality in the United States. When 180 young African-American men of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1251 arrived to work on improving the park in August 1935, all of the company's officers were white. Officers for CCC camps were drawn from the United States, which actively opposed appointing African Americans as company commanders. But as President Roosevelt ran for reelection in 1936, the criticism of a few congressmen, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and others led to two groundbreaking exceptions. One was at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania; the other was here at Newtown Battlefield Reservation where Company 1251's white officers were quietly replaced with three African Americans in June 1937.HM Number | HM1P46 |
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Date Added | Friday, November 6th, 2015 at 9:05am PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 356527 N 4656374 |
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Decimal Degrees | 42.04633333, -76.73361667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 2.78', W 76° 44.017' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 2' 46.8" N, 76° 44' 1.02" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 607 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
Closest Postal Address | At or near Newtown Reservation Rd, Elmira NY 14901, US |
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