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King County Council remembers 75th Anniversary of Exec. Order 9066

February 27, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  The Metropolitan King County Council held a ceremony on Feb. 21 to recognize it has been 75 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. 9,600 Japanese-American residents of King County were among the incarcerated. “As one of the 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were uprooted and removed from the West […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, 75TH ANNIVERSARY, VOL 36 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3

University of Washington marks 75th anniversary of injustice and American concentration camps

February 24, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly   When race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership combine to cause the removal of University of Washington (UW) students, professors, and others, the annual Day of Remembrance takes on a special meaning. The university held a panel discussion entitled “How Could Concentration Camps Happen?” on […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2017, 75TH ANNIVERSARY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, VOL 36 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3

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