· United States (West Coast and Hawaii)
FBI Arrests Issei Community Leaders
injustice
Within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the FBI began arresting more than 1,200 Issei community leaders-Buddhist priests, language teachers, and businessmen-detaining them without charge under pre-drawn 'custodial detention' lists.
- Communities
- Topics
Sources
- encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
- nps.gov nps.gov/articles/historyinternment.htm