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Wartime housing in a Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Exterior of a Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, used to house African American workers during World War Two.Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Buddhism
  3. California
  4. Culture
  5. Evacuation And Relocation, 1942 1945
  6. Housing
  7. Japanese American Neighborhoods
  8. Japanese Americans
  9. Legal
  10. Los Angeles
  11. Religion
  12. Temples
  13. War
  14. World War, 1939 1945

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