Conscience and the Constitution
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Description: The story of the young Japanese Americans who refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp in World War II. Biographies, timeline, documents, letters, PBS film review.
Conscience and the Constitution In World War II, a handful of young Americans refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp. They were ready to fight for their country, but not before the government restored their rights as U.S. citizens and released their families from camp. It was a classic example of civil disobedience -- but the government prosecuted them as criminals and Japanese American leaders and veterans ostracized them as traitors.
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| Page title: | Conscience and the Constitution |
| Keywords: | resisters, conscience, Constitution, World War II, Japanese Americans, Japanese internment, camps, civil disobedience, Japanese American Citizens League, JACL, Heart Mountain |
| Description: | A look at a group of young Americans during World War II who refused to be drafted into service while their government denied them their rights as citizens. |
| IP-address: | 50.16.116.144 |