. ♪ >> this weekend on "the presidency," greg robinson discusses the comput between frank and he wasut and -- frank teddy roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt about the forced relocation of japanese-americans to internment camp during world war ii. here's a preview. but as far as the president's background and personality, that is a more subtle and compelling factor. it is hard to say what influence they had, but we certainly can say that fdr had a past history of sharing popular president -- popular prejudice against japanese americans. in the mid, years before he was elected president, france and roosevelt had written a series of articles about the united states and japan, but he publicly insisted that japanese inter-americanle society and justify discriminatory laws on the west coast that prevented japanese immigrants from buying property or marrying whites or becoming citizens on the ground that this protected the racial purity of white americans against intermarriage. i am quoting him. i'll try to give you my best fdr . this is from 1923. "so far as americans are concerned, it must b

. >> up next on the presidency, greg robinson discusses the conflict between franklin d. first lady eleanor executive order 9066.

we are pleased to have here today -- greg robinson. he will speak about his book "by order of the president: fdr and the internment of japanese americans." greg provided us with valuable insight. we encourage all of you here to go over and, if you have not seen it, go through the exhibit and appreciate the hard work that our team did to create this exhibit. greg is a noted scholar on internment, the author of multiple works, including a tragedy of democracy and after camp. he is a professor of history at the university of quebec, montreal. i have been given permission to say it that way and not in the french, because my accent is disastrous. it may cause a break in relations, so i do not want to cause that. he is a good friend of the library, so greg, please? thank you very much. [applause] prof. robinson: good afternoon. it is a very great honor to be here at the fdr library. thank you all for coming, thank you to the library for inviting me. it is really impressive that we have this kind of turnout on a sunday afternoon. it is very n

. >> up next on the presidency, greg robinson discusses the conflict between franklin d. roosevelt and first lady eleanor executive order 9066. author ofon is the "by order of the president: fdr and the internment of japanese americans". the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum hosted the event, it is about an hour. mr. robinson: good afternoon. welcome to the fdr library. i am the director here, it is nice to see everyone out here this afternoon. we want to thank you on behalf of all of our supporters and we want to thank you for your support. support of our members, trustees and the national archives records administration. also, an organization like amenities new york for their grant that is allowing this to make possible -- this to be possible today. this library is not just a place to hold and display the materials he generated and collected, also -- but also a place to study and learn about the administration and about the times in which he was working. appreciated the advanced economic capacities of the ultimate war which helped define his administ

up next on the presidency, greg robinson discusses the conflict between president franklin d. roosevelt and first lady eleanor roosevelt over executive order 9066. fdr signed to the document, which led to the forced relocation of japanese-americans to internment camps. mr. robinson is the author of "by order of the president: fdr and the internment of japanese americans." the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum hosted this event. it is about an hour. mr. robinson: good afternoon. -- >> good afternoon. welcome to the fdr library.

. >> this weekend, on "the presidency," author greg robinson discuss the conflict president franklinoosevelt and first lady eleanor roosevelt over executive order 9066, which led to japanese internment camps during world war ii. here is a preview. >> as far as the president's background and personality, that is a more subtle but more compelling factor. it is hard to say what influence they have, but we certainly can of fdr had a past history sharing popular prejudice japanese-americans. as i talk about in my book, in the mid-1920's, years before he was elected president, franklin roosevelt written a set of articles on diplomatic relations between the united states and japan, which he wanted to improve, but he publicly incentives that japanese for honest and local -- un assimilating into united states culture, and becoming citizens on the ground protected the racial security of white americans against intermarriag. i am quoting him. i will do my best fdr. this is from this article in 1923. "so far as americans are concerned, it must be admitted and as a whole we believe that the minio