- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- A Student Essay Condemns Japanese American Internment
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1943
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - People:
- Higake, Akiko
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- essays
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Essay written by Jerome internment camp high-school student Akiko Higake.
Civil Rights -- Internment Camps -- Japanese-Americans -- Relocation Camps -- Jerome High School -- Denson -- Drew
Higake, Akiko Per. 5- Resettlement The issue brought forth for the resettlement of the niseis as well as the isseis, has many big problems to be solved before venturing into this major step. Many of us feel that the mass evacuation of the Japanese, both citizens are now citizens, in the name of the military necessity was not an adequate way to handle the situation. There has been no invasion, nor sabotage, nor disloyal violance. Therefore now, the War Relocatio Authority is trying to resettle the (evacuees) center residents to normal American life. Since government agencies have been set up to assist evacuees to adjust themselves to new communities thousands of people, as a result, went out to face their new adventures of life. But still the remaining majority of the evacuees resettlement problem is an issue yet to be solved. The majority of the ressettlers are niseis while the percentage of isseis is very low. We can hardly blame them to face another life's battle in the unkown regions. They, the first generation, without the least knowledge of the English language or the new surroundings came to this land with the dominant pioneering spirit of settling. They worked hard to give their children the necessities of an American way of life. Though undergoing many hardships they did reach this goal, only to be shattered by the order of evacuation under the emergency for our protection and public security. The majority of the outside public still do not know the present condition of the niseis. Many are inclined to - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/581
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:581/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
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A Student Essay Condemns Japanese American Internment
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