Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, be i
it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most
He explains that in 1885 when the CPR line was finished, workers from China and India departed and Japanese workers were hired to work on double-tracking. The Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society is looking for memorabilia and stories related to the internment camps for a planned ...
NAGOYA--Nancy Ukai is trying to put a face and a life story to a Japanese-American who she says was wrongfully shot and killed at a wartime internment camp in the dusty Utah desert. Internee James Hatsuaki Wakasa, 63, was gunned down by a sentry on April 11, 1943, at the Topaz Rel...
Had a family reunion where the elders shared stories of what it was like to be in Japanese internment camps during WW2 Went to the Getty Museum with my parents Spent quality time with friends Had really nourishing calls withfriends from my Leadership tribe ...
Holding just as much meaning for many is Feb. 21, the anniversary of Malcolm X's untimely death. Among those who last saw him alive is a Japanese woman who cradled his head as he lay dying from gunshot wounds in New York City's Audubon Ballroom in 1965.Lum, Lydia...
the earliest immigrants to the Americas did not leave this practice in Europe. They were the first arrivals, so they took control, engaging in new forms of hegemony and social engineering. ConsiderAfrican-American slavery. ConsiderIndigenous-Americangenocide. ConsiderJapanese-American internment camps. ...
Much like the Japanese in the 80’s who bought Rockefeller Center, golf courses galore, and stuff. It didn’t save them. Now, back to Social Security. When I was on Wall Street, everyone always worried about “counter party risk”. If I do a trade with you, will you complete the de...
So Monday morning, the 24th, Mom, Morgan and I left early and drove over the Sierra Nevada Mtns to Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese internment camps that sprang up after the WW2 attack on Pearl Harbor. We drove through on the road that takes you past the old softball diamond, ...
Not after the Japanese internment camps were shut down. Not after two Ivy League degrees. Not even after the election of Kamala Harris. We have to accept that the violence today has deep roots, and “fitting in” has only provided a false sense of security — one that is now cruelly ...