Then They Came For Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
Date | Apr 11, 2018 |
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Type | Exhibition |
Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II examines a dark episode in US history when, in the name of national security, the government incarcerated 120,000 citizens and legal residents during World War II without due process or other constitutional protections to which they were entitled. Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, set in motion the forced removal and imprisonment of all people of Japanese ancestry (citizens and non-citizens alike) living on or near the West Coast. This exhibition features works by renowned photographers Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and others documenting the eviction of Japanese Americans and permanent Japanese residents from their homes as well as their subsequent lives in incarceration camps. Also included are photographs by incarcerated photographer Toyo Miyatake. This timely exhibition reexamines this history and presents new research telling the stories of the individuals whose lives were upended due to racial bigotry.
In Order of Appearance:
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 11, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 25, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Yaeko Yoshihara interview courtesy Densho Digital Repository
Clem Albers
Arcadia, California, April 5, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Dorothea Lange
Woodland, California, May 20, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Nancy Iwami interview courtesy Densho Digital Repository
George Morihoro interview courtesy Densho Digital Repository
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 25, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Dorothea Lange
Mountain View, California, March 30, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Russell Lee
Los Angeles, California, April 1942
Courtesy Library of Congress
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 4, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Michi Weglyn interview from Conscience and the Constitution, Courtesy Frank Abe
Toyo Miyatake
Memorial Service, July 1944
Courtesy Toyo Miyatake Studio
Ansel Adams
Owens Valley, California, 1943
Courtesy Library of Congress
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 20, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
Dorothea Lange
San Francisco, California, April 20, 1942
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration