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Confronting History for Adults: 80th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066

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February 19, 2022, marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a wartime order which authorized the forcible removal and imprisonment of 120,000 Japanese Americans from their communities in the Western United States and Hawai'i, including San Mateo County. The following list includes non-fiction and fictional works related to this time.

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We Hereby Refuse

We Hereby Refuse

Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

by Abe, Frank

Book - 2021

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Un-American

Un-American

The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

by Cahan, Richard

Book - 2016

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Infamy

Infamy

The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

by Reeves, Richard

Book - 2015

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Behind Barbed Wire

Behind Barbed Wire

Searching for Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II

by Kitagaki, Paul

Book - 2019

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Clark and Division

Clark and Division

by Hirahara, Naomi

Book - 2021

Virtual author visit on February 10, 2022, at 7pm. Visit https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/library/events/confronting-history for registration information. Fiction. Also available as an ebook and in audio. Virtual author visit on February 10, 2022, at 7pm. Visit https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/library/events/confronting-history for registration information. Fiction. Also available as an ebook and in audio. Show less

Virtual author visit on February 10, 2022, at 7pm. Visit https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/library/events/confronting-history for registration information. Fiction. Also available as an ebook and in audio. Virtual author visit on February 10, 2022, at 7pm. Visit https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/library/events/confronting-history for registration information. Fiction. Also available as an ebook and in audio. Show less

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Citizen Internees

Citizen Internees

A Second Look at Race and Citizenship in Japanese American Internment Camps

by Ivey, Linda L.

Book - 2017

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American Sutra

American Sutra

A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War

by Williams, Duncan Ryūken

Book - 2019

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When Can We Go Back to America?

When Can We Go Back to America?

Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II

by Kamei, Susan H.

Book - 2021

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Desert Exile

Desert Exile

The Uprooting of A Japanese American Family

by Uchida, Yoshiko

Book - 2015

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Setsuko's Secret

Setsuko's Secret

Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration

by Higuchi, Shirley Ann

Book - 2020

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The Eagles of Heart Mountain

The Eagles of Heart Mountain

A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America

by Pearson, Bradford

Book - 2021

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Citizen 13660

Citizen 13660

by Okubo, Miné

Book - 1983

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Uprooted

Uprooted

The Japanese American Experience During World War II

by Marrin, Albert

Book - 2016

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Years of Infamy

Years of Infamy

The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps

by Weglyn, Michi

Book - 1996

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All That Remains

All That Remains

The Legacy of the World War II Japanese American Internment Camps

by Hirasuna, Delphine

Book - 2016

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For Us All

For Us All

by Sakata, Jeanne

Audiobook CD - 2021

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Resistance at Tule Lake

Resistance at Tule Lake

DVD - 2018

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And Then They Came for Us

DVD - 2017

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The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration

The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration

by Inouye, Karen M.

Book - 2016

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Nisei Daughter

Nisei Daughter

by Sone, Monica Itoi

Book - 2014

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No-no Boy

No-no Boy

by Okada, John

Book - 2014

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Colors of Confinement

Colors of Confinement

Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II

by Manbo, Bill T.

Book - 2012

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Silver Like Dust

Silver Like Dust

One Family's Story of America's Japanese Internment

by Grant, Kimi Cunningham

Book - 2012

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Making Home From War

Making Home From War

Stories of Japanese American Exile and Resettlement

Book - 2010

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Concentration Camps on the Home Front

Concentration Camps on the Home Front

Japanese Americans in the House of Jim Crow

by Howard, John

Book - 2008

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