May 3, 1942 –
Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, was put into effect by Lt. General John DeWitt from his headquarters in the SF Presidio on this date.
It called for the evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Los Angeles effective May 9. Some 110,000-112,000 Japanese-Americans were settled in 10 relocation camps, the first of which was in Manzanar in Owens Valley, Ca. In the Bay Area most Japanese-Americans were sent to the Tanforan racetrack where they were put up in stables and later relocated to Topaz, Utah.
Soon after, the War Relocation Authority hired Dorothea Lange, a photographer already well-known for her striking Depression-era photos of migrant workers, to document the internment process.
Lange’s poignant photos reflected her disagreement with government policy and brought her into conflict with her employers.
And so it goes
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