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We’re in an age of executive power. To understand it means remembering how art and culture have pushed back when injustices go unchecked. One powerful example is the history of Japanese American internment—a precedent and policy that has come up recently with the call to the Alien Enemies Act in Trump’s inauguration address. This long unseen image by Dorothea Lange—one of the many commissioned by the federal government but not released—captures the hidden history too often left out of textbooks. What would have happened if her images had been released when they were commissioned by the government? It’s a question that dogged Lange until the end of her life. Lange’s photographs captured more than the violation of the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans. She offered us a portrait of a nation that then refused to see it. That is the power of art and culture: to make us look again when we might look away. #AlienEnemiesAct #Internment #WWII

After World War I, German Americans thought the worst was over. They had survived the mobs. The book burnings. The lynchings. Some families quietly started speaking German at home again. They thought they were safe. Then Pearl Harbor happened—and everything changed again. Within days, the FBI began arresting German immigrants. By the end of World War II, over 11,000 Germans and German Americans had been held in internment camps. Places like Crystal City, Texas. Fort Lincoln, North Dakota. Most people have never heard of them. But the camps weren’t the worst part. The worst part was what families did to protect themselves. Parents stopped speaking German to their children—permanently. They didn’t teach them the songs, the recipes, the stories. They wanted their kids to be American. Only American. Nothing that could make them a target. It worked too well. Today, over 40 million Americans have German ancestry. Most have no idea their great-grandparents spoke another language, celebrated German traditions, or read German newspapers. The silence their grandparents chose to survive became the silence that erased a culture. If this is your family’s story, share it in the comments. 🇩🇪 Hashtags: #GermanAmerican #ImmigrantStory #AmericanHistory #WWII #HiddenHistory #GermanHeritage #FamilyHistory #GermanRoots #ImmigrantExperience #ForgottenHistory #GermanAncestry #AmericanImmigrants #Internment #CrystalCity #AncestryStory #GermanAmericanHeritage #NeverForget #ImmigrationHistory #WorldWarII #FamilyRoots

On April 1, 1949, after seven years of restrictions, the Government of Canada ended the internment and movement controls placed on Japanese Canadians during and after World War II. Japanese Canadians were finally allowed to move freely and return to the coast. The internment began in 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Under the War Measures Act, the federal government ordered the removal of over 20,000 people of Japanese descent from the Pacific coast. Most were Canadian citizens. They were relocated to inland camps in British Columbia and other parts of the country. Their homes, businesses, and property were confiscated and later sold by the government without their consent. Even after the war ended in 1945, these restrictions did not immediately lift. Japanese Canadians were barred from returning to the coastal region and were pressured to either move east of the Rocky Mountains or leave the country. Some were deported to Japan, including individuals who had been born in Canada. These policies extended the impact of wartime measures well into the postwar period. On April 1, 1949, the government finally removed these restrictions. Japanese Canadians were legally allowed to return to the coast and regain freedom of movement. However, the end of internment did not restore what had been lost. Property had already been sold, communities had been dispersed, and many families had been separated for years. The repeal marked a formal end to the policy, but its consequences continued. It took decades for broader public acknowledgment and redress. In 1988, the Canadian government issued a formal apology and provided compensation to surviving internees, recognizing that the actions taken had violated the rights of Japanese Canadians. Businesses, communities, and families were impacted forever. Follow the page for more daily history! #JapaneseInternment #JapaneseCanadianHistory #CanadianHistory #WorldWarII #Internment

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102-year-old Jim Tanimoto is the last living member of a group known as the Block 42 resisters, a collection of Japanese Americans who refused to answer questions on a “loyalty questionnaire” that implied they, while incarcerated, had maintained allegiance to Japan. That was 1943, near the peak of World War II and partway through the forced confinement of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent, the majority of whom were American citizens. Their refusal to affirm what those questions asked of them resulted in their transfer to a separate nearby facility called Camp Tule Lake — the most populated and, by many historical accounts, the harshest of the internment camps — and earned them the moniker “no-no boys,” for their responses to those two loyalty questions. To read more, check out sacbee.com. ✍️: Jake Goodrick 📷️: José Luis Villegas #news #internment #california #immigration #immigrants #japan #tulelake #history

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Today, Feb. 19, marks the Day of Remembrance, commemorating the unjust incarceration of about 125,000 Japanese Americans in camps during World War II. Actor George Takei — known for his iconic role Sulu on Star Trek — joined HNN’s Sunrise Weekends to talk about his experience living in the camps as a 5-year-old with his family. Now 86, the author and civil rights activist speaks to audiences about lessons learned and the importance of fighting for democracy. #georgetakei #startrek #japaneseamerican #internment #ww2 #dayofremembrance #democracy #hawaiinews #hinews #sunrise

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Happening now: Final burial ceremony of Chief Mrs. Emily Olulola Bibilari (DAY 2) in Ilesa, Osun state Cc: @@nkechiuchendu Event planner: @bep_event Decor: @dexterityplus01 Music by: @officialayuba #internment #finalburial #citypeopletv