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The Henry Fukuhara Paint Out Collection is the art, life, and work of watercolor artist Henry Fukuhara (1913 - 2010), a Japanese American abstract watercolor artist best known for his watercolor paintings of Santa Monica, California and Manzanar, a…

An oral history with Wilma Stuart, a foster mother to Japanese children following their time at the Children's Village orphange. The interview was conducted for the Children's Village at Manazanar Oral History Project by California State University,…

German Jewish refugees disembark in the port of Shanghai, one of the few places without visa requirements. Shanghai, China

Jewish refugees from Europe arrive at the emergency refugee shelter at Fort Ontario, in the United States. A father, holding his daughter, checks his tags. Oswego, New York, United States

This paper explains the provisions of the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of the U.S. Enacted on July 27, 1990, ADA is a wide-ranging law that creates new rights and extends existing rights for an estimated 43 million Americans who have…

What happened post 1984 events, specifically riots and fighting that lead to very violent interactions

The American automobile industry's greatest contribution to the World War II effort, apart from the sheer scale of its work, was its technical expertise in quantity manufacturing. Automakers refined the smallest details in an item to increase the…

Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant, designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1941, undoubtedly contributed to the outcome of World War II. With 3.5 million square feet of factory space, 650 B-24 Liberators rolled off the line every month by the end of…