japanese americans

Personal stories and moving archival footage tell the untold story of how Japanese internees were used by the US government to help develop a Native American reservation during World War II.

In 1942, Fred Korematsu was an average 23-year-old California native working as a shipyard welder. But when he refused to obey Executive Order 9006, which sent 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry into internment camps, he came something extraordinary - a civil rights champion.

An illustrated exploration of what life was like on the Hawaiian Islands during World War II, and describes the memories of civilian workers, Navy pilots, housewives, Red Cross volunteers, and others.

Examines the American internment of Japanese Americans and immigrants in concentration camps during World War II, and the struggle of internees to rebuild their lives after they were freed at the end of the war.

Examines the controversial topic of Japanese-American internment camps by presenting fifteen primary and secondary documents on the topic, with introductions providing contextual information. Also includes an extensive further-reading list.

Features large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Theodor Seuss Geisel's political cartoons first published in the New York daily newspaper PM.

Tells how racism and anti-Japanese hysteria during World War II resulted in Japanese-Americans being imprisoned unjustly in internment camps in the U.S.

Examines the history of Japanese in the United States, focusing on their treatment during World War II, including the mass relocation to internment camps and the distinguished service of Japanese Americans in the American military.

Relates the experiences of thirty-five Japanese-Americans and their families who were sent to American prison camps during World War II.