December 6, 1942

resistance

Manzanar Uprising

Content note This entry describes violence.

Tensions over camp conditions and suspected informants erupted into mass protest at Manzanar; military police fired into the crowd, killing two young men, James Ito and Jim Kanagawa, and wounding others.

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar_riot/uprising
  2. nps.gov nps.gov/articles/000/timeline-manzanar-1942-1945.htm

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