DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2016 Japanese American Internment
PEARL HARBOR
LOCAL RACISM
NATIONAL RACISM
HASEGAWA FARM
SEE HOW WE ALL LOOK ALIKE
ISSEI MEN BEING ARRESTED BY FBI
POSTER
LOCATION OF WRA “CAMPS”
JUST WHAT YOU CAN CARRY
CHILDREN WERE NOT EXEMPT
GETTING READY TO GET ON THE TRAIN
POSTON
NOT A VERY FRIENDLY PLACE
COURT CHALLENGES Minoru Yasui, March 26, 1942 – challenged the curfew on West Coast Japanese. Gordon K. Hirabayshi, May 11, 1942 – refused, on Christian principles, to obey evacuation order. Fred Korematsu, May 30, 1942 – challenged the evacuation order, asking “is this a racial issue?” Mitsuye Endo, September12, 1942 – fired from her state job and unlawfully imprisoned; filed a habeus corpus petition
CAMP
BEHIND BARBED WIRE
THE GUARD TOWER
Questions 27 and Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States on combat duty, whenever ordered? 28.Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any and all attack from foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, or any other foreign government, power or organization?