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The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem, Samuel Nagata, [n.d.]

While confined at Heart Mountain, Samuel Nagata published this seven-page pamphlet describing the "mass evacuation of Japanese from the Pacific Coast States" as a "vital issue." He describes its negative impact on issei, or first-generation immigrants who traveled to "America, the Promised Land" and also details the thousands of students, "loyal American citizens" who were forced to stop their schooling. Its closing pages contain a plea for "understanding, justice and sympathy." The pamphlet features cover art by artist Miné Okubo, renowned for her book Citizen 13660.

Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura Family Papers, WA MSS S-1590, BRBL.

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem

Pamphlet by Samuel Nagata, illustration by Miné Okubo

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