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do now: • What does it mean to be marginalized in society? Explain.

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Marginalized: Treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral: "they marginalize those who disagree"; "marginalized groups". • http: //thesocietypages. org/socimages/2011/04 /24/35201/ • http: //thesocietypages. org/socimages/2012/05 /03/43743/

CCC • Work program – 1 st New Deal • Unskilled manual jobs for young men dealing with natural resources • segregated

To what extent did the treatment of African Americans in the CCC represent a growing commitment on the part of the federal government to combat racial discrimination and empower the black community?

African Americans in the CCC What can we tell are the possible positive and negative effects of this policy from this limited information that we just read? ”

FDR to Robert Fechner, 27 September 1935 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Fechner— In the CCC Camps, where the boys are colored, in the Park Service work, please try to put in colored foremen, not of course in technical work but in the ordinary manual work. FDR

Telegram from FDR to CCC director • What, if anything, does this document tell you about conditions faced by black workers in the CCC and the attitude of the President and the federal government towards them? • What, if anything, does this document tell about the attitude of the President and the federal government towards racial discrimination in the United States? • How much do you think the policy that was called for in this memo advanced racial equality in America given the fact that racial segregation was still the law in many states?

Account from African American in CCC • P next to any positive experience • N next to any negative experience

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• To what extent did the treatment of African Americans in the CCC represent a growing commitment on the part of the federal government to combat racial discrimination and empower the black community?