February 19, 1942

injustice

Executive Order 9066 Signed

President Roosevelt authorized the forced removal and incarceration of roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans. (Shares Feb 19 with the Thind ruling - a tie-break decision.)

Sources

  1. archives.gov archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-9066
  2. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Executive_Order_9066

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