Audio: "WWII Internment Curriculum Protested" (8:04) All Things Considered, November 24, 2004
On Bainbridge Island near Seattle, residents debate a local school curriculum teaching that the World War II internment of Japanese Americans was a mistake. Some island residents and parents believe the program should teach that internment was justified, given wartime concerns.
Audio: "Internment report" (6:00) The World, September 27, 2004
It was a time of war. America had been attacked by Japan. Fearing spies among the citizenry, the U.S. government took a bold and controversial step. It sent 120-thousand people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps, where they lived behind barbed wire. Now, that act from World War II has become controversial again. Reporter Phyllis Fletcher of KUOW in Seattle reports on a community that's struggling with what to teach its children about the internment 60 years ago.
Letter (9 Sept 2004) from U.S. Representative Jay Inslee (WA 1st District) to Bainbridge Island School District superintendent Dr. Ken Crawford in support of the curriculum.
Presents the National Park Service Eagledale Ferry Dock study team's draft of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial Study of Alternatives, and solicits public comment. Includes PDF newsletters about the project and the potential involvement of the National Park Service.
Bainbridge Island/North Kitsap Interfaith Council: Article by Clarence Moriwaki describing the Council's efforts to establish a memorial, "Nidoto Nai Yoni - Let it not happen again," honoring the Bainbridge Island internees.
Congressional Testimony: Testimony (5 Sept 2002) in support of HR 3747 by Clarence Moriwaki, Chair, Bainbridge Island WWII Nikkei Interment and Exclusion Memorial Committee.