A sign reading "I am an American" was placed in a store window in San Francisco, Calif., on December 8, 1941, the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following government orders that people of Japanese descent evacuate certain West Coast areas. (Dorathea Lange)

Japanese-American 'No No Boys'

A sign reading "I am an American" was placed in a store window in San Francisco, Calif., on December 8, 1941, the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following government orders that people of Japanese descent evacuate certain West Coast areas.

Credit: Dorathea Lange