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Url:http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org
Author(s):Facebook User
Language:English
Tags:Manzanar, Japanese American Internment, civil rights
Description:Official blog of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, a non-profit organization that has sponsored the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, along with other educational programs, and has played a key role in the establishment and continued development of the Manzanar National Historic Site.
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2002 Manzanar National Historic Site Oral History: Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 10-12
Back in 2002, the Manzanar National Historic Site (a unit of the National Park Service) did an oral history with former Manzanar Committee chair Sue Kunitomi Embrey, one of the founders of the Manz...more
2009-12-06
2002 Manzanar National Historic Site Oral History: Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 7-9
Back in 2002, the Manzanar National Historic Site (a unit of the National Park Service) did an oral history with former Manzanar Committee chair Sue Kunitomi Embrey, one of the founders of the Manz...more
2009-12-06
2002 Manzanar National Historic Site Oral History: Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 4-6
Back in 2002, the Manzanar National Historic Site (a unit of the National Park Service) did an oral history with former Manzanar Committee chair Sue Kunitomi Embrey, one of the founders of the Manz...more
2009-12-06
2002 Manzanar National Historic Site Oral History: Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 1-3
Back in 2002, the Manzanar National Historic Site (a unit of the National Park Service) did an oral history with former Manzanar Committee chair Sue Kunitomi Embrey, one of the founders of the Manz...more
2009-12-06
There Is American History We Must Not Be Allowed To Repeat
In their Sunday, November 29, 2009 edition, the News-Review, which serves Douglas County in Oregon, published a story by Barrett Rainey in which he
2009-12-02
Words Do Matter: A Note on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans
Since the discussion about euphemistic language used to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisone
2009-11-09
The Power Of Words
Over the last year or so, the issue of the use of euphemistic language to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned during World Wa...more
2009-11-09
Los Angeles Times Features Exhibit on Santa Anita Assembly Center
Santa Anita Park during its days as an Assembly Center where Japanese Americans were temporarily imprisoned before being shipped off to permanent American concentration camps during World War II.Ph...more
2009-11-09
Manzanar National Historic Site Volunteer Spotlight: Cathy Erickson
Editor’s Note: The following is the second edition of a (hopefully) monthly article written by the staff of the Manzanar National Historic Site. Your feedback on their work would be deeply ap...more
2009-10-31

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Facebook UserApr 24

Starting Friday morning, the Manzanar Committee will start their journey north on Highways 14 and 395 and will be arriving in Lone Pine throughout the afternoon and evening to begin the final preparations for the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage (Saturday, noon PDT, Manzanar National Historic Site) and the Manzanar At Dusk program (Saturday evening, 5:00 PM, Lone Pine High School in Lone Pine). Hope to see you there!
 

Facebook UserApr 16

Are YOU attending the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage? It's coming up on Saturday, April 25! The popular Manzanar At Dusk program follows that evening at 5:00 PM. More information here...don't forget to RSVP (not required to attend) on that page, too!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64840325114&ref=mf
 

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Ken Burns Short “Manzanar - Never Again” To Be Screened At Manzanar At Dusk Program

http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/2009/04/08/ken-burns-short-manzanar-never-again-to-be-screened-at-manzanar-at-dusk-program
 

Facebook UserApr 6

Hey Everyone...I hope you'll join our new Facebook fan page (had to re-create the existing one since you can't rename a fan page here)...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manzanar-Committee/156495385057?ref=nf
 

Facebook UserMar 26

The Manzanar Committee now has a Causes page here on Facebook. Please join and invite others too!

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/256794/43184765?m=c20bb5a8
 

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Facebook UserFeb 7

Hey everyone...the Manzanar Committee accepts written works, audio and video for publication on our blog, so if you have anything you'd like published that's related to Manzanar and/or related issues, please contact us!
 

Facebook UserFeb 7

And here's the event page for the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64840325114
 

Facebook UserFeb 7

 
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