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10 Justin worked in two different camps, and in his
second camp in Delaware, where during the day the
men would work to drain swamps to control the
mosquito population, the men spent their evenings

putting together plays and even an opera. He
remembered the CCC fondly his whole life. Once he
had children, he would take his family on wilderness
vacations to share the love of nature he developed in

the CCC.

Separate Buses,

Separate Camps

11 For African Americans, the
segregation they faced in many
elements of ordinary life was also

the case in the CCC. Luther C.
Wandall was an African American
man from New York City. He
enrolled in the CCC, and took a bus
to New Jersey without knowing what

would happen next.

12 Wandall ended up being
separated with the other black men,

and then after eight days, he took a
train to a camp in the upper South.
The officers who ran the camp were
white, but the athletic director and A CCC worker surfaces a road in
vocational teacher were African American. All of the Beltsville, Maryland.

men in his camp were African American. The food was
good, there was a nice recreation hall, and the work
was healthy and outdoors. Although Wandall was not

happy about the segregation, he left the CCC with a
positive impression.

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