JANM Photo Exhibit: Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank
Comparing the U.S. and Canadian WWII government prison camp experiences through the work of two photographers.
A Mother's Farewell to Heart Mountain
My mother's reaction to returning to a WWII U.S. government prison camp 70 years after her release.
Roger Shimomura, Artist, Collector
The Sansei artist opens a show in New York.
The History Page: Order of Infamy
Essay marking the 70th anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066.
Friends With Differences: Lange and Adams at the Oakland Museum of California
This is a short post that grew out of my research into documentary photographs taken of the California prison camp Manzanar, where people of Japanese descent were placed during World War II.
James Mitsumori: One of Keiro Senior Healthcare's Founding Fathers
Profile of Nissei James Mitsumori's role in launching Los Angeles' first Nikkei eldercare facility, and a glimpse into the fascinating story of the first Japanese Hospital in L.A.
Historian Linda Gordon's new Dorothea Lange bio
My account of a New York Public Library Q&A with NYU history professor Linda Gordon, including her views on the prickly relationship between Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams
Reclaiming Photographs of the WWII Japanese American Resettlement
My review of Lane Hirabayashi's book, "Japanese American Resettlement Through the Lens," about Hikaru Carl Iwasaki's WRA photographs
Manzanar Pilgrims Shine Light on Past, Current Injustices, Honor Forebears
I join the 40th annual Manzanar pilgrimage and visit the site of the World War II internment camp that once housed my father and his family.
Fund Offers a Chance to Pay Wartime Debt of Gratitude
Second-generation Japanese Americans set up a scholarship fund in honor of the generosity shown to them by the Quakers during the time of their World War II incarceration in American internment camps.