In fact, this coerced many of them to sell their possessions, homes, and even businesses for prices that were far below their true values.
Consequently, in April 1942, the majority of Japanese Americans living in Los Angeles were sent into a frenzy of panic as government evacuation orders were sent to their homes. He turned it into the first Japanese internment camp, formally called The Manzanar War Relocation Center. Roosevelt transformed the community of Manzanar, located in the dust- filled Owens Valley, 220 miles north of Los Angeles, California. In fact, in response to the growing hatred and suspicion of Japanese Americans after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D.
In the novel, Southland by Nina Revoyr, the community of Manzanar plays a crucial role in depicting the racial discrimination and segregation that Japanese Americans were subjected to during the World War II era.
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