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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 …

online exhibition

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 …

online exhibition

Manzanar Relocation Center: From the Perspective of the WRA Photos

RoyKakuda

The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of the ten American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. The center was located in the Owens Valley 220 miles north …

online exhibition

Sumo Tournament July 1942, Merced Assembly Center

Ahonda

My Dad didn't lie to me about being a Sumotori. He's the short one on the very right, Don Honda. Picture taken July 1942. These photo's were handed to me …

community history

Taken: Oregonians Arrested after Pearl Harbor

Oregon_Nikkei

This album illustrates the experiences of families in Oregon taken into custody and imprisoned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) as a result of …

online exhibition

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles

lthistory

In 1917, a teacher in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles named Nellie G. Oliver began sponsoring a social and athetlic club for local Japanese American youth. Over the …

online exhibition

Incarceration Years: Lordsburg/Santa Fe, Seagoville, Amache Camp Photos and DOJ Documents

mhomma

Homma Family Photos of Amache and Wada Family DOJ documents.

Rev. Masahiko Wada was an American Baptist minister for First Baptist Church, Garden Grove, Terminal Island Baptist Mission, Moneta …

family history

National Japanese American Memorial in Washington D.C.

vkm

In April 2005, my husband and I spent our first anniversary in Washington D.C. to see the National Cherry Blossom Festival. As part of our trip, we visited the National …

online exhibition

Part of these albums:: National Cherry Blossom Festival 2005 Collected by: vkm

Life in the Canadian Internment and POW Camps

JCCC

Contributed by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

community history

1942 - The Canadian Government's Policies of Mass Evacuation, Internment and Expropriation of Property

JCCC

Contributed by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

community history

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