A Civil Rights Victory

A Civil Rights Victory (HM1P46)

Location: Elmira, NY 14901 Chemung County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 2.78', W 76° 44.017'

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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.

The Civilian Conservation Corps
In April 1933, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced a national economic crisis known as the Great Depression. Of the many programs he initiated to restore hope and confidence in the economy, perhaps the most celebrated was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Young men and World War I veterans were organized into companies that did sorely needed conservation work. Each man received a dollar a day, three meals, a place to sleep, and mote importantly, hope. From 1933 to 1942, the CCC rescued roughly two million men from poverty and desperation.
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HM NumberHM1P46
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Date Added Friday, November 6th, 2015 at 9:05am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 356527 N 4656374
Decimal Degrees42.04633333, -76.73361667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 2.78', W 76° 44.017'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 2' 46.8" N, 76° 44' 1.02" W
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Area Code(s)607
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Newtown Reservation Rd, Elmira NY 14901, US
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