How Japanese Interment Camps Protected Japanese Americans?
How Japanese Interment Camps Protected Japanese Americans? In 1988, Congress passed, and President Reagan signed, Public Law 100-383 – the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 – that acknowledged the injustice of “internment,” apologized for it, and provided a $20,000 cash payment to each person who was incarcerated. Why was the Japanese internment camps important? Many