On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment In February 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the relocation of Japanese-Americans ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which cleared the way for the forced relocation of Japanese Americans.

An exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles marks the 75th anniversary of 9066, the executive order to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II.

Ikeda works to educate the public concerning the toll that Executive Order 9066 had on 120,000 Japanese Americans and, more specifically, the 13,000 that were relocated to the internment camp ...

Manzanar, Tule Lake, Minidoka, Topaz, Jerome, Rohwer, Heart Mountain, Gila River, Poston, Amache — these are the names that ...

Steve Okamoto stands inside the replica horse stall at the Tanforan Memorial in San Bruno, Calif., on June 11, 2025. The ...

In a CNN interview, Star Trek actor George Takei warned about political hysteria, comparing his WWII Japanese internment ...

The event was held ahead of the anniversary that marks 81 years since 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066.

A wall is dedicated to telling the story of nine Japanese American students who graduated from then-Park College during World War II.

It was February 25, 1942, two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy had given the island’s ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 authorized the creation of military zones on the West Coast and the forced removal of residents of Japanese descent.

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans take just a small suitcase in hand.