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Description
An organization recounts the facts regarding Japanese Americans incarceration. The Catholic Interracial Council proclaims that citizens of the U.S of Japanese descent should be allowed to return to the communities from which they were taken. 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.
Community activities--Associations and organizations Activism and involvement--Civil liberties Activism and involvement--Civil rights Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Journalism and media--Mass media Race and racism Religion and churches--Religious organizations World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community
Place
Los Angeles, California
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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