Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
1965
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Walter L. Berg
Second Committee Member
Floyd Rodine
Third Committee Member
Donald G. Goetschius
Abstract
In 1964 Congress passed a major civil rights bill designed to give equal rights to all Americans regardless of race, but there was a time when that same government under pressures of war, denied civil rights to citizens as well as non-citizens strictly because of race. Going back twenty-three years, one can study the racial discrimination practiced by the United States government towards another minority group--the Japanese-Americans. This paper will cover: (1) Why the Japanese-Americans were evacuated during World War II; (2) How they were evacuated; (3) The consequences of their evacuation. Because of the vast program of relocation of all the Japanese-Americans on the Pacific Coast, this study will be limited to the 14,565 Japanese-Americans of Washington State.
Recommended Citation
Ptolemy, Charles A., "The Evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Washington State During World War II: A Study in Race Discrimination" (1965). All Master's Theses. 494.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/494
Language
English