Institute for Advanced Study

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Life in an American Concentration Camp: The Japanese American Experience during World War II. Sally Sudo is a Japanese American and former internee during WWII. 75 Years After Japanese American Incarceration Speaker Series This speaker series is a part of the IAS Heritage Collaborative and the Asian American Studies course AAS 3920. We have invited Japanese American leaders committed to raising the awareness of the wartime Japanese American experience, and their contributions to the cause of justice. The series also features local Somali American leaders. Throughout, we explore the relevance and resonance of the history of Japanese American incarceration in our contemporary times marked by Islamophobia and various forms of bigotry and violence directed at immigrants, refugees, and people of color. Cosponsored by the IAS Heritage Collaborative, the African Studies Initiative, the Department of African American & African Studies, and the Program in Asian American Studies.

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