From Camps to College
During the internment, Japanese American college students were also granted leave to continue their education at participating institutions. Permission for leave took a great deal of time and paperwork, so…
A Place to Call Home
After the war, churches and other service organizations banded together to help with the work of resettlement. The exodus began as a trickle, but would become a torrent by the…
Resettlement: The Return from Exile
Almost immediately after opening the camps, the WRA considered plans for Nikkei resettlement. They knew it would be cheaper to pay them to leave than to continue providing them food,…
Jerome
The Jerome Relocation Center in southeastern Arkansas was a living environment that, at least initially, was soul-destroying, sickening—literally. As the Jerome camp director Paul Taylor conceded to his superiors in…