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Slanted Perspectives. MFA Graphic Design Graduate Show/David Toyoshma

Images from my solo Master's of Fine Arts Exhibition at California State University, Long Beach (April, 2018). My thesis focused on my family and my own experiences confronting racism and …

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The Poston (Colorado River Relocation Center) Tailor School

RoyKakuda

After the inital trama of imprisonment, the Japanese American inmate community with the help of the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) and the War Relocation Authority (WRA) wanted to to …

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Perfil del artista de Tierras Fronterizas Transpacíficas

JANM

Tierras Fronterizas Transpacíficas: El Arte de la Diáspora Japonesa en Lima, Los Ángeles, Ciudad de México y São Paulo examinará las experiencias de los artistas de ascendencia japonesa que nacieron, …

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Surviving Poston's Desert Heat: Cellars, Fans, Ponds, and Gardens

RoyKakuda

We arrived in Poston (Colorado River Relocation Center) in May of 1942. Everyone was told that the air temperature would rise above 115 deg. F. in the summer. The water …

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Amache Stories and Memories

mhomma

A collection of some of the 10,000 stories from the WW2 Japanese Internment Center known as Amache. Stay tuned for future articles and memories by Amacheans, their descendants and those …

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A Native American and Japanese American Student Story

RoyKakuda

As a docent at the Japanese American National Museum I had the opportunity to hear inmates reminisce about their camp lives. One story was about two fellow elementary school students at one …

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Look at Hundreds of Camp Photos taken by War Relocation Authority

RoyKakuda

Photos of all 10 Concentration Camps taken by WRA photographers. The photo are on the Discover Nikkei Website shown below as well as a brief description of the camps.

Make it Manzanar. By David Toyoshima

toyoshimad

"Make it Manzanar" is a series of posters (24" x 36") presented at my MFA (Master of Fine Arts) Advancement Show (10/09/16) at California State University, Long Beach. The poster …

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Part of these albums:: Slanted Perspectives. MFA Graphic Design Graduate Show/David Toyoshma Collected by: toyoshimad

Teachers of Poston (Colorado River Relocation Center)

RoyKakuda

About 1/3 of the educators who taught at Poston were recuited from across the United States, many by the American Friends Committee. Many of the teachers came from Quaker and …

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Poston (Colorado River Relocation Center) Years Later

RoyKakuda

Four photos show the some of the Poston Camp I barracks, about 10 years after camp closure. Photos were taken by George Yoshiro Kakuda who was at Poston 5/15/42 to 9/15/45. Most …

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