California formally apologizes to Japanese Americans for internment camps
(The Guardian United States)

Effort comes 78 years after US forced more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes during the second world warCalifornia lawmakers on Thursday voted unanimously to formally apologize for the role the state legislature played in the incarceration of more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent in internment camps during the second world war. Related: George Takei: We Japanese Americans must not forget our wartime internment Continue reading...