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Description
Chart shows numbers of Japanese male and female arrivals to west coast ports in 1941 and the yearly average for the previous five years compared to U.S.-born male and female arrivals. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
text
Format
Charts 1 chart, typeface, black and white application/pdf
World War II--Administration--Western Defense Command Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws
Place
San Francisco, California
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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