WWII Internment of Japanese Americans in Arizona lecture
Az Humanities Council sponsored talk at 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Himmel park branch library, 1035 N. Treat Ave. (www.library.pima.gov). The library is on the SW corner of E. 1st St. and Treat Ave., south of Speedway Blvd. Photos courtesy of Dr. Leong.
- Dr. Karen Leong
Lecture by Dr. Karen Leong, Director of the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Arizona State University, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Asian Pacific American Studies, and an Affiliate Faculty of History.
“Beginning in April 1942, over 30,000 persons of Japanese descent residing in the western states were removed from their homes and relocated to Arizona. This program explores the reasons for internment, the impact upon Japanese Americans, and the unique circumstances that divided the Japanese American community into those who were interned and those who were not. This program also explores every-day life in the camps for different individuals and touches upon the American Indian communities who served as unwilling hosts”.