Feb 19th was the 75th anniversary of the executive gild authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans. During the Second World War over 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed inwards concentration camps inwards the United States.
Esri has manually digitized the archival records of the War Relocation Authority, the civilian torso that oversaw the relocation in addition to incarceration of Japanese Americans, to practise a Story Map which examines how America imprisoned its ain citizens inwards the 1940's. Justice Deferred explores the contributions made yesteryear Japanese Americans to American life earlier World War II. It hence maps out how the largest Japanese American communities inwards Los Angeles, San Francisco in addition to Portland, Oregon in addition to Seattle were forcibly removed from their homes in addition to placed inwards ane of 10 concentration camps.
Justice Deferred is yet to a greater extent than than simply a serial of maps showing how Japanese Americans were incarcerated during the Second World War. It every bit good examines the personal stories of unopen to of the effected Americans in addition to the legacy of the internment plan on Japanese Americans in addition to for the USA itself.
