Rohwer Relocation Center

A typical street scene at the Rohwer Relocation Center near McGehee (Desha County); 1942. Wood for fuel is piled in the barracks street, and a crew of evacuees is building a front porch.

Four Asian-American men construct front porch awning on housing unit opposite stacks of firewood

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

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Place

Race & Ethnicity

Asian American

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