I have hundreds of wonderful reviews from readers across my platforms, and a frequent review that I get is that this book is something every #American needs to read. Were you taught about the #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration in school, or did you find out later in life?
On October 26, 2024, the Manzanar Baseball Project hosted a commemorative game on the site of one of the most cherished ballfields in America’s concentration camps.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-baseball-project
#Manzanar #BaseballHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #ManzanarBaseballProject
Not the first time:
During WWII, the U.S. gvm’t forcibly incarcerated approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. These individuals were held in 10 main camps, called "War Relocation Centers," established by the WRA. #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #WWII
Grateful to scholars like Daniel James Brown for highlighting stories like Rudy Tokiwa’s—my dad’s friend from Poston. His work with the 442nd RCT and Civil Liberties Act continues to inspire. #JapaneseAmericanHistory #NeverAgainIsNow #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
"Ancestry is not a crime."
— Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, M, Seattle, Washington, age 22 when Pearl Harbor was attacked, King County Jail, Tucson Federal Prison/Catalina Federal Honor Camp, McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
#NeverAgainIsNow #JapaneseAmericanHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
Two new poems out in Diode Poetry Journal (@diodeeditions.bsky.social)!
diodepoetry.com/caycedo-kimu...
#tulelake #heartmountain #minnienegoro #japaneseamericanincarceration #japaneseamericaninternment #dontrepeathistory #dueprocess #fairnessforall #socialjustice #wechoosewelcome
Boy scouts salute the flag while incarcerated at Manzanar, Memorial Day 1942
Thinking on this US Memorial Day not just of those who gave lives to protect our country but also those incarcerated in the name of its democracy & how they honored freedom & sacrifice. Shown here, boy scouts saluting the flag @ #manzanar #history #skystorians #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
Also, hugely excited to read @brookfiles.bsky.social's new book THE EINSTEIN OF SEX, along with these other great titles. Sad that the story in my book is nonfiction, but honored to have it among these other important stories. #japaneseamericanincarceration #ww2
Some people have the courage to speak up, even when it goes against what they’re tasked to do. Quiet Americans remember them.
#DillonMyer #AAPIHeritageMonth #QuietAmericans #JapaneseAmerican #WWII #HiddenHistory #AsianAmericanHistory #APIHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
Wow--thanks @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social ! Together in Manzanar is now one of 10 summer books they're excited about! @chireviewpress.bsky.social #booksky #japaneseamericanincarceration #jewishhistory www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/jbc...
On International Workers Day & the start of AAPI & Jewish Heritage Months, I salute the Yoneda family, below--labor leaders; lovers who defied laws against mixed marriage--& all those incarcerated with them #japaneseamericanincarceration #AAPI #AAPIheritagemonth #JewishHeritageMonth #MayDay #Booksky
A research trip to Manzanar. Coming soon 🎬
#JapaneseAmerican #JapaneseAmericanHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #WWIIhistory #AsianAmerican #AsianAmericanHistory #Manzanar #ManzanarNPS #ShortFilm #Movies
"Superlative in every important respect: well-researched and documented, exquisitely pressed, judiciously reasoned, and self-effacingly represented." - Art Hansen from Nichi Bei Weekly.
#NeverAgainIsNow #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
🎓 High school graduations in incarceration camps were full of pride and resilience — complete with diplomas, speeches, and even borrowed caps and gowns from nearby universities. #WWIIHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #NeverAgainisNow
For start of #womenshistorymonth, my woman of honor is Elaine Buchman Yoneda, civil rights activist & the only Jewish women held in a US WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, along with/her 3 year-old son & Japanese American husband. #skystorians #japaneseamericanincarceration Whose yours?
For start of #womenshistorymonth, my woman of honor is Elaine Buchman Yoneda, civil rights leader & only Jewish women held in US concentration camps for Japanese Americans during WWII, along with/her 3 year-old son & Japanese American husband. #skystorians #japaneseamericanincarceration Whose yours?
#otd 1942: US Attorney General announces curfew limiting “Japanese, Italian, & German enemy alien” travel, to prep for forced removal from West Coast. But of these groups, only Japanese Americans = “enemy aliens"; Rule for Italians & Germans was only for noncitizens #japaneseamericanincarceration
On the #DayOfRemembrance, we honor the nearly 127,000 persons of Japanese descent who were forcibly incarcerated during #WorldWarII under EO 9066. Their stories remind us of the ongoing responsibility to protect democracy.🕊️ #NeverAgainIsNow. #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
📖 "Gut-Wrenching."
"When Can We Go Back to America? forces us to confront the injustice of Japanese American incarceration. Their raw emotions remind us why history must never be forgotten." – Ronald K. Ikejiri from @JACL_National #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #NeverAgainIsNow
I’m featured in @LocalNewsDena! 📰
In "Another Time of Smoke and Camellias", I discuss Japanese American incarceration and the ongoing fight to defend democracy.
🔗 Read here: localnewspasadena.com/2025/another-time-of-smo...
#NeverAgainIsNow #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
Join Tomo no Kai at @UCIrvine for the #DayOfRemembrance. I’ll speak with June Aochi Berk, who will share her experiences of life in a WWII incarceration camp.
📅 Feb. 16
⏰ 6-9 PM PST
📍 Doheny Beach Room, UCI Student Center
#NeverAgainIsNow #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration
Imprisoned at 9 years old in the US concentration camp Heart Mountain @heartmountain.bsky.social, historian Sam Mihara will deliver the '24 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on the history of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. #japaneseamericanincarceration
