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Part IV—After Pearl Harbor

Read Part 3 >> Ken Nakazawa was arrested by FBI agents on December 7, 1941, in the wake of Japan…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2024

1940s ABC list biographies California concentration camps Department of Justice camps enemy aliens Fort Missoula internment camp journalism Ken Nakazawa Montana MS Gripsholm (ship) noncitizens Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 persons repatriation Terminal Island United States World War II World War II camps

The 1944 Election: The Twilight of the Demagogues—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> For Japanese Americans observing the election, the use of race-baiting elicited a…

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 8, 2024

1940s democracy elections political science World War II camps

The 1944 Election: The Twilight of the Demagogues—Part 1

Previously, I wrote an article for Discover Nikkei on how the incarceration of Japanese Americans a…

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 7, 2024

1940s democracy elections political science World War II camps

How Japanese Americans Built a ‘Useful American Life with All Possible Speed’ in 1940s Chicago

Incarcerated on the West Coast by the U.S. Government, Thousands Were Then Given ‘Work Leave’ to Re…

Laura McEnaney • March 27, 2024

1940s Chicago Illinois resettlements United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps

The Woes of Voting in Camp in 1942

In every election, the question of voter turnout poses a serious challenge. On innumerable occasion…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 25, 2022

1940s elections political science World War II camps

Clark & Division: Japanese Americans on Chicago’s Near North Side, 1940s-1960s - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Keiko Harada Ohtaka Clark Street and Division Street bring back so many great memo…

Erik Matsunaga • Feb. 3, 2020

1940s 1950s 1960s Chicago Clark Street communities Illinois Lakeview United States

Clark & Division: Japanese Americans on Chicago’s Near North Side, 1940s-1960s - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> David Toguri I was born in Chicago in 1947 at Cuneo Hospital. Dr. Junji Hasegawa d…

Erik Matsunaga • Jan. 27, 2020

1940s 1950s 1960s Chicago Clark Street communities grocery stores Illinois Japantowns Lakeview Midwest Region (U.S.) stores United States

Clark & Division: Japanese Americans on Chicago’s Near North Side, 1940s-1960s - Part 1

Chicago’s Near North Side. In the early to mid-twentieth century it was a playground for the rich, …

Erik Matsunaga • Jan. 20, 2020

1940s 1950s 1960s Chicago Clark Street communities Illinois Japantowns Lakeview Midwest Region (U.S.) United States

Two Decembers: 1934 and 1948

In December 1934, the communities of Wintersburg Village and Huntington Beach gathered to dedicate …

Mary Adams Urashima • Dec. 26, 2017

1930s 1940s California Huntington Beach Southern California United States Wintersburg Village

FBI Searches and Arrests: Imperial Valley, 1941–1942

Thirteen-year-old Tatsuo Asamen did not yet have a driver’s license but he nonetheless drove an old…

Tim Asamen • Sept. 1, 2016

1940s 1942 ABC list arrests (detention) California communities enemy aliens generations immigrants immigration Imperial Valley imprisonment Issei Japan leadership migration Nisei noncitizens persons searches and seizures Southern California Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II World War II camps

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