Race: Segregation

This board surveys the long history of formal and informal racial segregation in the US, South Africa, Germany, and others. Many of the US images depict moments of segregation based on the Black Codes of the mid to late 19th century and the Jim Crow laws, which justified segregation and discrimination well into the 1960s. Finally, the board also explores the many attempts to exclude Japanese Americans and other racial minorities, particularly during the time of WWII.
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"HOLD/ RE-ELECT JAMES D. PHELAN, U. S. SENATOR/ And let him Finish the work he now has under way to stop the SILENT INVASION" - Anti-Japanese Campaign Poster, 1920 In 1919, approaching the end of his term as U.S. senator, Phelan launched a new anti-Japanese campaign. He contended that the Japanese were a menace to America economically, socially and militarily. Using slogans like "Keep California White," he called for a more stringent alien land law.
"Asiatics Must Not Be Naturalized. No Japs in our Schools" This is an exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum featuring a picture of 12th grade graduating class at a Japanese Language School in Hollywood, California (1941). The exhibit includes an editorial arguing against the naturalization of Japanese American students and their integration in schools.
"Vote Yes on Proposition No. 1 Alien Land Law. Save California from the Japs. To Prevent the Japs from Owning Our Land. Vote Yes." This is a sign promoting Proposition 1, the California Alien Land Law of 1912-1913 that prohibits Asian migrants from owning property. It passed.

Race: Japanese American Discrimination

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