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A free on-line resource about the history of the Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration experience Korematsu v. United States Amicus Curiae brief filed on behalf of the states of California, Oregon and Washington in the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States, Oct. 1944 Read the article Tule Lake Segregated Japanese Americans from the Manzanar concentration camp, California arriving at Tule Lake, 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp, California Read the article Manzanar Children's Village Mr. Matsumoto and children at the children's garden, photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943, Manzanar concentration camp, California Read the article Santa Anita Pacemaker (newspaper) Volume I, number 2 of the Santa Anita Pacemaker, Apr. 24, 1942, Santa Anita Assembly Center, California Read the article Charles Kikuchi Charles Kikuchi with daughter, c. 1950, New York, New York (Courtesy of Yuriko Amemiya Kikuchi and the Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Library, UCLA) Read the article Yuri Kochiyama Prominent Japanese American human rights activist in Harlem (1960s-1999) and Oakland (1999-present). Read the article Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School group photo of Class C-1, 1944, Camp Savage, Minnesota Read the article Resettlement in New York "Citizen's Indefinite Leave" card issued by the War Relocation Authority, Sept. 20, 1943 (Courtesy of the Bill Fuchigami Collection) Read the article Sue Kunitomi Embrey Sueko Sue Kunitomi Embrey (1923–2006) was an activist, educator, writer and longtime chair of the Manzanar Committee Read the article Explore Browse the articles in the Encyclopedia through a list of categories or use the A-Z table of contents. The Encyclopedia covers key concepts, people, events, and organizations that played a role in the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The reviewed articles are written by a wide range of contributors, and are enhanced with photos, documents and video drawn from Densho's digital archives and other sources. This Is A Live Project The Encyclopedia currently contains more than 650 articles. It is a continuing project with new articles and features being added on an ongoing basis. We would appreciate your ideas and feedback. The Encyclopedia was made possible by grants from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the National Park Service and by the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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