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Feb 20, 20183 min read

Matsumoto Designs Barbed Wire Remembrance

Bob Matsumoto with his design “Remembrance,” a tribute to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Posters and T-shirt are on...

Dec 8, 20174 min read

On the Court at Manzanar

Above and below: JA hoopsters scrimmage at the basketball court constructed near Block 14. During World War II, sports were a welcome...

Aug 10, 20165 min read

CSULB AAS Alumni Award Two Scholarships

Pictured from left: Linda Maram, Jairus Ramos, Susan Oda Omori, Leah Ishii, Barbara Kim and Dean Toji. LONG BEACH — The Asian American...

Aug 3, 20163 min read

J-TOWN BEAT: The Silence of Gold Star Mothers

Mary Jane Mayemura salutes at the 2009 Memorial Day ceremony at the Japanese American War Memorial Court at JACCC Plaza. (MARIO G....

Aug 2, 20162 min read

Manzanar Names to Get an Update

Visitors to the Manzanar Interpretive Center point to a listing of the names at the center’s grand opening in 2004. The public’s help is...

Oct 7, 20153 min read

Miné Okubo’s Artwork, Ansel Adams’ Photographs at Skirball

Miné Okubo, “Waiting in lines, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California,” 1942. Drawing. Courtesy of Japanese American National...

Sep 17, 20152 min read

NPS Accepting Applications for JA Confinement Sites Grant Program

Historic sites eligible for grant-funded work include the 10 War Relocation Authority camps, such as Rohwer in Arkansas (pictured), as...

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