About this episode

The episode discusses the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack and the efforts to prevent a racially targeted policy from being implemented.

In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, the man in charge of defending the American west coast has a serious case of the jitters... and also a bright, young aide who is busy drawing up plans to target a racial group in America en masse. With the clock running out, lawyers inside the Justice Department mount a furious effort to stop the policy from going into effect.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Topics covered

• Pearl Harbor
• American history
• racial policy
• government response
• Justice Department

Keywords

• Pearl Harbor
• American west coast
• racial group
• Justice Department
• defense policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Department

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