Exhibit 7

What Happened?

The relocation if Japanese-Americans into internment camps during WWII was one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in American history. According to the census of 1940, 127,000 persons of Japanese ancestry lived in the United States, the majority on the West Coast.

Task:

Review the material at the exhibit and on the website. You should also read the excerpt from the graphic novel "They Called Us Enemy" by George Takei.

Then answer the following questions.

How do you think you would feel about being forced to leave your home?

Now go to the tables with your group. Together decide what items you will put in your two suitcases. Please list the items below and write a paragraph of why your group chose to take them items with them.

Internment Camps in Colorado

Amache Relocation Center

(Granada, Colorado) 1942 - 1945

Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado

Japanese American evacuees stand or sit with their suitcases and belongings in front of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway passenger car on August 30, 1942. The men and women wait for the bus ride to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado. U.S. War Relocation Authority photo

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