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Allegiance: A Special Program with Kermit Roosevelt III

Three years after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the relocation of all Americans of Japanese ancestry to internment camps in the interior of the United States. This action resulted in the forced relocation and incarceration of 127,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans for the duration of the war. Join Kermit Roosevelt III, the great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and Catherine Ladnier for a presentation of the legal and personal journey of Japanese Americans during this dark period. Roosevelt, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss his new novel, Allegiance, about the internment and the nation’s legal and political response, and playwright Ladnier will chronicle the personal experience of camp internees through a dramatic performance. A book signing will follow the event.











When: Thu., Oct. 29, 2015 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect
44 Park Pl.
212-431-7993
Price: $30, which includes a signed copy of the book; $15 for a single ticket
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Three years after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the relocation of all Americans of Japanese ancestry to internment camps in the interior of the United States. This action resulted in the forced relocation and incarceration of 127,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans for the duration of the war. Join Kermit Roosevelt III, the great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and Catherine Ladnier for a presentation of the legal and personal journey of Japanese Americans during this dark period. Roosevelt, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss his new novel, Allegiance, about the internment and the nation’s legal and political response, and playwright Ladnier will chronicle the personal experience of camp internees through a dramatic performance. A book signing will follow the event.

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