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Preserves and shares history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.
Eighty years ago, during WWII, Fort Bliss, Texas housed dozens of Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants targeted for detention under the Alien Enemies Act. Today, Fort Bliss is home to the nation’s largest immigrant detention site.
Stewards of Japanese American history are calling out the use of Fort Bliss to detain immigrants.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 marked a pivotal moment in U.S. history in which the government offered reparations for Japanese American WWII incarceration. Use these Densho resources to explore crucial lessons of the Japanese American Redress Movement.
This month, we commemorate the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, marking a pivotal moment in U.S. history in which the government offered redress and reparations for the forced displacement and...
Yamamoto’s work eventually received widespread critical acclaim for its precision and compassionate portrayal of Issei and Nisei life. She was awarded the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1986.
Read more in the Densho Encyclopedia: encyclopedia.densho.org/Hisaye%20Yam...
After the war, Yamamoto returned to Los Angeles and took a job as a reporter for the Los Angeles Tribune, an African American weekly. She earned a fellowship and began to publish works in prestigious publications like Partisan Review, Kenyon Review, and Harper's Bazaar.
Nisei writer Hisaye Yamamoto was born #OTD in 1921. She submitted her first written piece at 14 and became a regular contributor to the Kashu Mainichi. At 21, she was incarcerated at Poston in Arizona, where she became a writer for the camp newspaper. encyclopedia.densho.org/Hisaye%20Yam...
Make a recurring donation between now and the end of the year, and we’ll send you a special thank-you gift: a custom sticker set designed by artist Kiku Hughes, featuring all ten War Relocation Authority camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. densho.org/historykeepe...
This is a crucial moment to safeguard our collective memory, especially as efforts to erase our histories grow stronger. Become a monthly donor and ensure stories of Japanese American WWII incarceration—and the lessons they carry—remain visible, powerful, and protected. densho.org/historykeepe...
David Sakura was 6 years old when he was forcibly removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp with his parents & younger siblings. He describes the traumatic impact of this experience on his 3yo brother: “I remember him crying constantly. My mother couldn’t console him.”
Ishii later moved to New York, where he worked as an animator and magazine illustrator, co-founded Focus Productions, and designed and directed countless commercials and industrial, educational, live-action, and feature films: encyclopedia.densho.org/Chris_Ishii/
Returning to Los Angeles in 1946, he started a commercial art studio in Hollywood and worked for several Japanese American newspapers. He covered the trial of Iva Toguri, known as “Tokyo Rose,” and was later investigated by the FBI for his association to the Nisei Progressives.
