This timeline covers significant events that led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, the majority of which were US citizens. The Japanese American internment, or incarceration, is now seen as one of the most significant violations of civil liberties in recent US history. This content provides information to examine the 10 euphemistically named “relocation centers” and links to other, more comprehensive, resources about this history. It includes contemporary publications about this history in illustration and comics.