Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street
When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!
Resources for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Explore our spotlight page and discover resources for teaching about Asian Pacific American experience in May or any time.
Japanese American National Museum Collections
Looking for ways to grow awareness of injustice of Japanese internment? This site likely has the perfect primary source for your needs.
Japanese American Internment: Executive Order 9066
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian Frank Wu examines Executive Order 9066.
Japanese American Internment: Ansel Adams Photos
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2011
Scratch the surface of Asian Pacific American history this May, and keep digging.
A More Perfect Union
Was Japanese American internment constitutional? Explore the Japanese American experience.
WRA Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
These curious photos created by the War Relocation Authority put a positive spin on Japanese American internment.
Reading and Thinking Aloud to Understand
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the internment of Japanese Americans while improving their reading skills.
Civil Rights and Incarceration
What were the consequences of and motivations for Japanese American removal during World War II?
American Radicalism Collection
From the Ku Klux Klan to the IWW, examine 129 historical documents from radical organizations.
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Primary and secondary sources document the minority struggle for civil rights in Seattle’s history.
USC Archival Research Center
With over 126,000 photographs, maps, and other documents, this site offers a comprehensive look at the history of Los Angeles and southern California.
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Explore this archive of over 110 video interviews on Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
Online Archive of California
Explore California from Japanese American internment or the Free Speech Movement to oral histories.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Peruse 11 exhibits, from the Gold Rush of 1849 to Japanese American internment during WWII.
Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
Ansel Adams’s photographs preserve life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II.