A panel will present personal stories documenting the unique and diverse impacts of Executive Order 9066 issued in 1942 requiring all persons of Japanese ancestry to evacuate the West Coast.
Topics will include the personal reflections of a former internee and UC Berkeley student, the “voluntary” evacuation of 40 families to Utah, the forcible, mass deportation and internment of people of Japanese ancestry from 13 Latin American countries, and the “loyalty questionnaire” that surveyed the internees’ allegiance to the United States and willingness to join the Armed Forces.
This presentation is part of California Reads in West County; funded by CAL Humanities.