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" In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, an African American CCC unit was assigned to work alongside a white one to restore the historic battleground. The white unit was housed near the town itself, but the town's residents objected to having the African American crew living in the vicinity, so the CCC set up a camp for the African crew some twenty miles away. "

Richard Rothstein, , The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America


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Richard Rothstein, quote : In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, an African American CCC unit was assigned to work alongside a white one to restore the historic battleground. The white unit was housed near the town itself, but the town's residents objected to having the African American crew living in the vicinity, so the CCC set up a camp for the African crew some twenty miles away.