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Description
Argues that the mass forced removal of people of Japanese descent from the Pacific Coast states because of their race was contrary to American democratic principles. Also discusses Issei; details about the people incarcerated, including students who had to stop their schooling; the "minority problem"; and specific details about life at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. 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.
Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Japanese American identity Immigration and citizenship Race and racism--Cross-racial relations Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses Geographic communities--Wyoming
Place
Cody, Wyoming Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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