As part of my ongoing research on Congress and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, I have found several examples of pressure tactics used by Congress to influence the U.S. Army and the War Relocation Authority’s policies towards Japanese Americans. Perhaps the most famous examples are the House Un-American Activities Committee’s …
An outstanding and innovative Nisei writer, Gene Oishi, has movingly portrayed the trauma of the wartime incarceration of the Japanese American community.
Previously, I wrote an article for Discover Nikkei on how the incarceration of Japanese Americans affected the 1942 election and how Japanese Americans managed to participate in the election. Despite the traumatic events of being sent to camp and efforts by racist politicians to keep Japanese American from voting, many Japanese …
One of the greatest accomplishments of the Japanese American Citizens League has been its success in lobbying Congress to enact legislation to support Japanese Americans and other Asian American groups. Long before the Redress movement of the 1980s, the JACL recognized the importance of Congressional action as a means of …
Archival research is often like gambling; either you get boxes of files that either contain golden information for your project, or a stack of dusty files that make you wonder if you wasted a day of work. And, sometimes, you come across a story you do not expect to find …
As part of my ongoing dissertation research on Congress and the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, I have come across vignettes in several archives that illustrate the influential role played by members of Congress. While perhaps the most visible actions taken by Congress regarding Japanese Americans were holding public hearings …
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