BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Las Vegas-Clark County Library X-WR-CALNAME:Las Vegas-Clark County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:934ffd19-b78d-4106-9c64-d280a3d30af2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260728T063037Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T130000 SUMMARY:"Like Friends\, Like Foes - Japanese Nevadans during WWII" LOCATION:Clark County Library\nClark County Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clark County Library;X-APP LE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Clark County Library:geo:36.11393,-115.13492 GEO:36.11393;-115.13492 DESCRIPTION:A new book written by Andrew B. Russell examines how Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Nevada were affected by the WWII internme nt as they struggled to maintain their dignity & civil rights. .\nhttps:// lvccld.libnet.info/event/15827682 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Published in 2026 by University of Nevada Press in Reno\, "Like Friends\, Like Foes: Japanese Americans and Nevada t hrough World War II" by Andrew B. Russell \;explores the racial\, soci al and financial difficulties faced by Nevadans of Japanese descent at the emergence of Executive Order 9066 from then President Franklin D. Rooseve lt in answer to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. This executive order resul ted in the nationwide non-consensual relocation and internment to harsh re mote locations of Japanese and Japanese Americans during WWII. Nevada town s - Ely\, McGill and Ruth - where residents worked railroad\, mining\, and agricultural jobs were severely affected as well as other Japanese reside nts scattered across the state. \;

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Although there was no inter nment camp in State of Nevada\, Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Nevada followed the same federal restrictions imposed on Pacific Coast sta tes. All because of their race they were forced to register as enemy alien s\; surrender weapons\; subjected to surveillance\, curfews\, and travel r estrictions\; and were required to answer the skewed "loyalty" questions a bout allegiance to America or Japan. Many residents were compelled to move to internment camps in California and Utah with some first-generation imm igrants being arrested and sent to detention centers. In this special pres entation recognizing Asian American-Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander Herit age Month\, Andrew reveals Nevada's part in this WWII history\, its immigr ation reforms since WWII\, and current public perceptions in regard to Nev ada's Japanese American and Asian populations. \; \;

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Books will be available for purchase &\; signing after the presentation.&nbs p\;

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Free and open to the public. Seating will be first come\, firs t served\, and may be limited. For more information\, please call 702.507.3458.

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Presented in partnership with University of Nevada Press\, Reno.

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