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It’s August 31st. This day in 1942, a judge upholds the arrest of a Japanese-American man named Fred Korematsu.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Korematsu tried to resist the detention of Japanese-Americans in the wake of Pearl Harbor, and the legal battles that broke out after the Roosevelt administration moved hundreds of thousands of people to concentration camps along the west coast.
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Why William Henry Harrison Really Died (1841)
The Richmond Bread Riots (1863)
Truman Says He Won't Seek Re-Election (1952)
The Slaveowner Executed for Killing His Slave (1839)
DC Plants The Cherry Blossoms (1912)
Lincoln's Avenger And The Aftermath Of Assassination (1894) [[Archive Episode]]
Montana Enshrines a Right To Privacy (1972)
The First Government Shutdown Fight (1879)
The Shamrock Summit (1985)
FDR Says Bottoms Up (1933)
Kennedy's Latin American Marshall Plan (1964)
Hoover Almost Takes Over Baseball (1951)
When "Primary" Became A Verb (2004)
The Ask President Carter 1-900 Number (1977)
Hangers On Week: Al Smith and Remakes The Democratic Party
Hangers On Week: Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition
Hangers On Week: Sowing The Seeds of Trump
Hangers On Week: Why Candidates Stick Around w/ Amy Walter
Malcolm X Is Assassinated (1965)
Dick Cheney Shoots His Friend In The Face (2006)
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