Feb 19th was the 75th anniversary of the executive club authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans. During the Second World War over 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed inwards concentration camps inwards the United States.
Esri has manually digitized the archival records of the War Relocation Authority, the civilian torso that oversaw the relocation in addition to incarceration of Japanese Americans, to utilisation a Story Map which examines how America imprisoned its ain citizens inwards the 1940's. Justice Deferred explores the contributions made past times Japanese Americans to American life earlier World War II. It thus maps out how the largest Japanese American communities inwards Los Angeles, San Francisco in addition to Portland, Oregon in addition to Seattle were forcibly removed from their homes in addition to placed inwards 1 of 10 concentration camps.
Justice Deferred is soundless to a greater extent than than only a serial of maps showing how Japanese Americans were incarcerated during the Second World War. It every bit good examines the personal stories of about of the effected Americans in addition to the legacy of the internment programme on Japanese Americans in addition to for the USA itself.
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