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POLICING THE NATION’S CAPITAL
From Michelle Harven | Part of the Legacy series | 15:30
Gary Hankins is recruited from the air force during the Vietnam War to become a D.C. police officer.
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In the late 1960s, Vietnam veteran Gary Hankins returned from the physical war abroad to a culture war at home. Hankins is recruited with thousands of other military veterans to control protests at the nation's capital. One day the newly-enlarged police department gets put to the test with the May Day protests, a day which holds the record for the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.
LIVING IN AN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP
From Michelle Harven | Part of the Legacy series | 29:03
Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.
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Mary Tamaki Murakami was still swooning over pop stars and worrying about her homework when her life suddenly took a very real turn. Immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, she experienced a crackdown in her own San Francisco neighborhood. She was forced into an internment camp with her family, and experienced the type of descrimination that was enforced by the Supreme Court. Today, she shares her experience with schools and organizations because she fears history is already repeating. As more parallels emerge between her own experience and new policies affecting Muslim-Americans, Mary hopes her story can serve as a warning.