ICYMI: Kicking Off Black History Month, Senator Reverend Warnock Helps Launch Project Preserving Okefenokee's History, Honoring Contributions of Black Georgians
February 08, 2024
February 08, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
On the first day of Black History Month, U.S Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock helped launch the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1433 Preservation Project with the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Okefenokee Swamp Park. Company 1433 was a group of nearly 200 Black workers who were instrumental to the foundation and development of the Okefenokee refuge from 1937 to 1941. In re . . .
On the first day of Black History Month, U.S Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock helped launch the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1433 Preservation Project with the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Okefenokee Swamp Park. Company 1433 was a group of nearly 200 Black workers who were instrumental to the foundation and development of the Okefenokee refuge from 1937 to 1941. In re . . .