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Adult Lecture Series: “I Am an American”: The Long Reach of Japanese American WWII Incarceration

Presented by Salt Lake County Library Services at Online/Virtual Space, Online/Virtual UT

May 17 2021
Adult Lecture Series: “I Am an American”: The Long Reach of Japanese American WWII Incarceration

Dr. Meredith Oda explores the Japanese-American WWII incarceration and its effects on Asian Americans before and after the war. The treatment of Japanese-Americans during the war gives us a better understanding of the rise of anti-Asian hate today.

Meredith Oda is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her first book, "The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco" (Chicago, 2018), was a transpacific urban history of San Francisco. ... view more »

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