In the years around World War II, exclusion and racial prejudice led Japanese American girls to form hundreds of social clubs to get through the tough times — and have fun. And almost 70 years later, their bonds are just as strong as ever.
Japanese Americans remember ‘darkest hour,’ on Pearl Harbor Day (with video)
During World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps in the United States; they couldn’t earn money, practice their religion