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Living Voices Series: Within the Silence (Japanese Internment in America)

April 10 @ 10:00 am - April 11 @ 2:00 pm

A Japanese-American family of six from the 1940s. Each has a tag on their coat. They are standing in front an internment camp observation tower.

April 10:  10-11 a.m., 1-2 p.m.,  7-8 p.m.

April 11: 9-10 a.m., 1-2 p.m. 

What’s the meaning of loyalty?

Understand the impact of Executive Order 9066, which imprisoned thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during World War II, through the experiences of one young incarcerated citizen.

In 1941, Emiko is an ordinary American teenager whose life is changed forever when racism and xenophobia explode against her community after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, forcing her and every member of her family to find a way to prove their loyalty to a country that sees them as “the face of the enemy.”

Developed in partnership with the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience.

Please note the 9 a.m. presentation is almost completely full. Please call the Jackson Center to check availability.

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Start:
April 10 @ 10:00 am
End:
April 11 @ 2:00 pm
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The Robert H. Jackson Center
305 E 4th ST
Jamestown, NY 14701 United States
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Phone:
716-483-6646
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