Historical Events tagged with "reactivation"

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Politics & Government

Rescinding of Relocation Order for Japanese Americans

February 19th, 1976 49 years ago

President Gerald Ford rescinded Executive Order 9066, which had authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. This proclamation was a significant step in acknowledging the injustices and civil rights violations faced by Japanese Americans during their forced relocation to internment camps. Ford's Proclamation 4417 sought to reaffirm the importance of civil liberties and the mistakes made in the past against American citizens based on ethnicity and race.

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