Japanese American Internment Camps

Japanese Americans Americans of Japanese descent Historically 3rd largest Asian American group Started coming in 1868

Executive Order 9066 President Franklin Roosevelt February 19, 1942 Commander-in-Chief February 19, 1942 Allows local military commanders to designate “military areas” as “exclusive zones” from which “any or all persons may be excluded.” All people of Japanese ancestry are excluded from Pacific coast unless in internment camp

Manzanar Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California’s Owens Valley. 6,200 acres of land made up Manzanar. Over 110,000 Japanese American people lived here.

Manzanar (CONT) What’s left of Manzanar