“One more heave” - Regulating Japanese American Integration in 1940s Chicago

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Brief Overview

During WWII, 20,000 Japanese Americans left internment to take wartime jobs in Chicago. The Chicago Church Federation provided support and oversight, drawing on mutually reinforcing models of Protestantism, patriotism, and Christian sociology.

Author

• Kimberly A Redding, Carroll University