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Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 this is not something that 40, 50, 70 years later we were saying that was a mistake back then but they had their reason for it, they had no reason at the time except to uphold what they thought was a patriotic duty. For the record, i want to get some of this on the screen so people can have the reference. First of all, the chief justice at the time was hare land fisk stone . Hare land fisk stone. He was appointed by herbert hoover. He was a ...

Might be disloyal to their country. What did they think, away from their families, unsure what would happen to them, interrogated by strangers, people who were going to determine their fate. The museum i think have done a great job. They have some of the original barracks. We are sitting in the original courtroom where the hearings were held for the japanese, so it is a really great place for people. It is a story that largely people do not know that either italians or japanese were held here du...

Two committees of congress on wednesday, july 17. At 9 a. M. Eastern he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. Later in the day, he will take questions from the house intelligence committee, both open session. His report on russian inter his testimony on russian interference in the election will air live on cspan. Listen free with the cspan radio app. Announcer the cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, coming to you e...

And conjure up in your mind and image of world war ii. Just try to get an image of world war ii. I will make a couple of suggestions. You may try picturing a burning u. S. Warship at pearl harbor. Or if you would rather to a happier image, how about a man kissing a woman, leaning over and kissing a woman on victory day. Or maybe you prefer politics. Now i would like you to do the same exercise and think about the imprisonment of japaneseamericans during world war ii. Try to find in your mind the...

On bill harris and im Deputy Director here. Its very nice to see everyone out on this sunday afternoon. We want to thank you on behalf of all of our supporters and want to thank you and for theport National Archives and records administration. The organizations helping to make this possible today. Its a place not just to hold and display the materials that were generated in collected of the course of his career but also as a place to study and learn about his administration and the about the tim...

Harris. L i am the executive director here. It is very nice to see everyone out here this afternoon. Certainly we want to thank you , on behalf of all of our supporters, and we want to thank you for your support. Support of our members, trustees , and the National Archives and records administration, of which we are a part. The, an organization like humanities of new york for their vision and action grant that is the longest to be possible today. Fdr establish this library as a place not just to...

And elsewhere. As we discuss their experiences, their trials and tribulations. What they live through the 1920s and the great depression. I mention a couple of times and we will be spending most of today discussing what happened to their children. Million plus migrants who brought children with them in the 20s and 30s, or had children who were born as american citizens and came of age in the 1930s and early 1940s and would become known as the Mexican American generation. Who would become young a...

Available at cspan. Org or our home page or searching the video library. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. Feb 19th, 1942, president roosevelt issued executive order 9066, leading to forced location and internment of more than 100,000 people of japanese ancestry that lived on dhoes of the United States. It is a 10 minute office of war information film hosted and narrated by milton eisenhower, the brother of the...

Morning. Each week, american tv sits in on a lecture with one of the college professors. You can watch it. This week, we join professor ellen wu at Indiana University where she discusses japanese internment in the United States during world war ii. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. On tuesday, we begin our discussion on the japanese american internment camps by thinking about the ways which wars function as flash points for redefining the terms of membership or belonging in the american nati...

Relocation which attempted to justify the authority and Living Conditions in the camps. Some times admitting there were problems. Their evacuations was ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when danger of invasions was great. Twothirds are american citizens by right of birth. The rest are their japanese born parents and grandparents. They are not prisoners. They are not internees. They are merely discllocated people. The time, spring and summer of 1942. The place, ten different Relocatio...