Enduring lessons of justice from the World War II Japanese American internment.

From: Social Education | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Gallavan, Nancy P.; Roberts, Teresa A. | Copyright information

We supported our families; we honored our culture; we believed in our country. We never thought to display any civil disobedience. The U.S.A. was our home too.

--Reflections from an 80-year-old Japanese American internment camp detainee

In the spring of 1942, nearly 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry living along the west coast of the United States were ordered to evacuate their homes and abandon their businesses. These federal orders, giving Japanese and J...

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