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Lectures & Discussions

"By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans"

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Lectures & Discussions

"By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans"

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which sparked the unconstitutional incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in U.S. concentration camps. What led FDR to sign this executive order which forever changed the lives of the inmates and their community? Greg Robinson, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Quebec at Montreal, has detailed in his book Roosevelt's attitudes that brought about the greatest U.S. civil rights violation of the 20th Century. Prof. Robinson will read from and sign copies of his new book.

Saturday, Nov 17, 2001

1:30 PM PST

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which sparked the unconstitutional incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in U.S. concentration camps. What led FDR to sign this executive order which forever changed the lives of the inmates and their community? Greg Robinson, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Quebec at Montreal, has detailed in his book Roosevelt's attitudes that brought about the greatest U.S. civil rights violation of the 20th Century. Prof. Robinson will read from and sign copies of his new book.

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