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The Great Depression And Green Jobs
The CCC worked on soil conservation projects, built 3,000 state parks, and replanted forests. The men in the CCC planted three-billion trees - that’s estimated to be half of the trees ever planted by humans in the U.S. (Photo courtesy of the National Resources Conservation Service)
Today we hear a lot of news calling this "the worst recession since the Great Depression." Tonight, PBS begins airing a series of documentaries from American Experience called "The 1930s." Lester Graham reports the series looks back at the Great Depression:
Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Running Time: 3:29