March 18, 1942

injustice

War Relocation Authority Created

President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority-the civilian agency that ran the ten camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated.

Sources

  1. presidency.ucsb.edu presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-9102-establishing-the-war-relocation-authority-the-executive-office-the
  2. trumanlibrary.gov trumanlibrary.gov/library/online-collections/war-relocation-authority-and-incarceration-of-japanese-americans