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Resilience: Your Questions Answered Oct 28, 2022

We asked you to write or call in with your lingering questions about Japanese incarceration, so today, on Resilience, Sharon answers your...

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Resilience: An Interview with George Takei Pt. 2 Oct 26, 2022

Today on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon continues her conversation with actor George Takei about his childhood experiences with forced...

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Resilience: An Interview with George Takei Pt. 1 Oct 24, 2022

On today's episode of Here's Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon speaks with actor George Takei about his childhood experiences with forced removal...

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Resilience: Redress and Reparation Oct 20, 2022

Today marks the conclusion of our series, Resilience: The Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans. During the postwar era, a new generation...

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Resilience: The Fear of What Comes Next Oct 19, 2022

 

What happened when Japanese Americans were told they were free citizens once again? Given only a train ticket and twenty-five dollars, the...

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Resilience: All the Way to the Supreme Court Oct 17, 2022

 

The Supreme Court gave broad legal authority when it came to matters of national security. With the military and the Executive Branch of...

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Resilience: The Spirit of Resistance Oct 14, 2022

Through the long days of camp life, many incarcerated found ways to add beauty and joy into their long days and nights. They cultivated the...

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Resilience: The Long Days of Camp Life Oct 12, 2022

It's a dark mark on our history: wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. By the fall of 1942, the military had moved most of the imprisoned...

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Resilience: Only What You Can Carry Oct 10, 2022

Military police flooded into West Coast cities, curfews were enacted and enforced, businesses were forced to close indefinitely, and families were...

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Resilience: The Forced Removal of 120 Thousand Japanese Americans Oct 07, 2022

After President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, General John DeWitt issued over a hundred exclusion orders in quick succession, and...

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Resilience: A Country at War Oct 05, 2022

What happened immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the death of over 2,400 American servicemen. How did the US government...

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Resilience: Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Oct 03, 2022

It's a day we learn about in history class that ultimately forced America’s entry into World War. Today on our series, Resilience,...

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