Book & Film Groups
“We Are Not Free” and the Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Join historian Tracy Lai and art historian Melanie King for an exploration of Japanese American Incarceration through an examination of first person accounts, visual culture, and literary expressions. Taking place over three sessions, this program will center around Traci Chee’s "We Are Not Free" and will include the work of other Japanese American artists, authors, poets, and activists as we interrogate the effects of Executive Order 9066. In solidarity with the National Day of Remembrance (February 19), we will begin with the period leading up to World War II and the diverse wartime experiences of Japanese America and the legacy of this history through the present day.