How can we use the lessons of the past to build a more just and equitable future for all members of society?

At the camps, which were surrounded by barbed wire fences and patrolled by armed guards, internees often lived in overcrowded barracks with minimal furnishing. Even Japanese-American veterans of World War I were forced to leave their homes. Ten camps were finally completed in remote areas of seven western states. Just hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, approximately 1,291 Japanese. American community and religious leaders were arrested by ... Despite the atrocities committed against them during World War II, Japanese Americans returned to their homes after their incarceration in the camps and began ... Apr 8, 2021 ... By 1945, the last internment camps were closed, and some residents returned home or relocated elsewhere. For many, it was hard to talk about ... From 1942 to 1945, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes in the Pacific Northwest and sent to live in internment camps after Pearl ... Eventually, nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans would be sent to one of 10 different concentration camps in California, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, ... Dec 10, 2021 ... After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US forcibly displaced 120000 people of Japanese origin into 10 internment camps in the ... The first Japanese arrived from Seagoville on March 10, 1943. In addition, prisoners were taken to Crystal City from other INS internment camps in Hawaii and ... Jan 20, 2017 ... Dillon Myer preferred internment camp; he adamantly opposed the use of concentration camps. FDR himself called them concentration camps. As did ...