“Speaking Of Camp” Event – Photos, Video
March 13, 2013 Leave a comment
This article was originally published on December 16, 2012. It has been updated to include video from the event.
Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps during World War II are shown here telling their
stories at Speaking Of Camp, an event held at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Center in Los Angeles’ Little Toyko, on December 1, 2012.
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Photo: Alan Broch
Co-sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, the event was part of an ongoing effort to capture the significance of individual stories of those who came through the World War II camp experience.
Videographers also recorded incarceree stories and memories of their days behind the barbed wire.
Open Letter To USC President C.L. Max Nikias Regarding Honorary Degrees To Japanese American Students Forced To Leave Campus During WWII
April 6, 2012 by Manzanar Committee PR 1 Comment
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The following is an open letter to C.L. Max Nikias, President of the University of Southern California. It is published here with permission of the author.
Susanne Norton La Faver
C.L. Max Nikias
Office of the President
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4019
Dear President Nikias:
I’m writing as the great granddaughter of USC’s first dean of the College of Liberal Studies, Rev. W.S. Matthew, D.D. He also acted as USC President for a brief time during the 1880s, and raised funds for the fledgling university. Read more of this post
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