The National Youth Summit is a webcast series that brings activists, policy makers, and historians together with young people in a national conversation about the nation's past and its lessons for today. In this year's program, we will examine the history and legacy of Japanese American incarceration in World War II. During World War II, the United States government forcibly removed over 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast. These individuals, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, were sent to ten camps built throughout the western interior of the United States. Many would spend the next three years living under armed guard, behind barbed wire. During the webcast, we will explore this period in American history and consider how fear and prejudice can upset the delicate balance between the rights of citizens and the power of the state. May 17, 2016 1-2 pm Eastern/10-11 am Pacific Designed for middle and high school students Register at http://americanhistory.si.edu/nys
