Japanese Americans, WWII

Mural for incarcerated Japanese Americans during WWII vandalized in Seattle
Artwork dedicated to Japanese Americans incarcerated in WWII were discovered vandalized on Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. Jeff Liang, Interim Executive Director with Chinatown International District's Business Improvement Area (CID-BIA) says he was alerted of the defacement on Monday in Nihonmachi Alley,
Remembering Mitsuye Endo’s sacrifice to end Japanese American incarceration
President Joe Biden posthumously awarded Mitsuye Endo the Presidential Citizens Medal on Jan. 2 — a long-overdue recognition of a quiet hero whose name should echo in American history. Endo’s courage in challenging the U.
'Behind Barbed Wire' to highlight Japanese American WWII experience
The Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande will offer a special presentation Jan. 31 by historian Jim Gregory, composer Deon Nielsen Price, and conductor Brian Alhadeff highlighting
Japanese-American WW2 mural vandalized with Bible verses in Seattle
Artwork dedicated to Japanese Americans incarcerated in WWII were discovered vandalized on Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.
Seattle art exhibit on Japanese American history vandalized
Black paint was used to cover the art exhibit which shows landmark Japanese businesses and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Beloved public art exhibit featuring Japanese American history discovered defaced on MLK Jr. Day
Black paint was used to cover the art exhibit which shows landmark Japanese businesses and a mural memorializing the ...
Vandalism of public art in Seattle’s Japantown ‘a punch in the gut’
An art installation in Nihonmachi Alley commemorating the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was smeared with black ink over the weekend.
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Why a Japanese American lawyer wants Reparations for Black Californians
When Donald Tamaki got a call from the Governor’s Office asking him to interview for a position on California’s Reparations ...
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Exhibit on internment of Japanese Americans explores the trauma, tenacity in a dark moment in U.S. history
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Forty years after World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a study to examine the impact of the internment of Japanese Americans. Public hearings included ...
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Oregon Swears In First Japanese American Lawmaker
Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American ...
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The U.S. Must Allow Japanese Independence
“Keep Germans down, Americans in, and Russians out” was their German policy, and “Keep Japanese down, Americans in, and Russians (or Chinese) out” was their Japan policy. The U.S. wanted ...
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Righting a wrong, name by name − monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned in WWII
To reckon with this injustice, the Irei Project: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration was launched in 2019. This community nonprofit project was originally incubated at ...