and “Hostilities declared by Japanese.” Congress formally declared war on Japan that day. But the unofficial war on the Issei and Nisei had already begun.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) kept a list of potentially suspicious Japanese and Japanese-American men and women. Business owners, ...
For the most part, it was blacks, not whites, who led the change. In the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans throughout the South protested their conditions. Many whites fought any move toward reform. “They viewed that anything they gave us would be viewed as just a start,” claimed Montgomery, Ala...
People found ways to enjoy themselves. Some-times that enjoyment was something grand and epic. Often, it was as simple as a box in the living room.Meet Me at the FairA sea of colored lights greeted people coming to Chicago’s lakefront in 1933. The hundred-year- old city was celebrating with the C...
Squad cars with flashing lights surrounded the complex. Officers scurried all over the place. E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy were too busy to watch the spectacle. Bernard Barker had their hotel room key, and police could be there soon. They had to leave fast.The two burglary team leaders pack...