Recognition

WITH THANKS

We are grateful for the extensive body of research and literature that has addressed aspects of the Japanese American Incarceration during World War II. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the importance of the book Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, from which much of the exhibition text was adapted with permission.

Photographs by Dorothea Lange and the staff of the War Relocation Authority were made available by the National Archives and Records Administration. Photographs by Ansel Adams were made available by the Library of Congress. Photographs by Toyo Miyatake were made available courtesy of the Toyo Miyatake Studio. Photograph of Yuri Kochiyama was made available by the Corky Lee Estate.

This project started as an extension of the successful exhibition, "Then They Came For Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties." We are grateful to all those who contributed to developing that foundational work. Special thanks, in particular, to the Japanese American Service Committee and the Alphawood Foundation, both of Chicago, where this project originated, and the 2017 Curatorial Committee, responsible for the original exhibition content; the Advisory Committee for the 2019 presentation of the exhibition in San Francisco and its lead sponsor, the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation; Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project for its remarkable collection of primary and secondary source materials; and to all the individuals and community organizations that have contributed to the exhibition’s previous incarnations.

This project was funded, in part, by grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), JA Community Foundation, PwC, and Midori Kai.

The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government. This material received Federal financial assistance for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in its federally funded assisted projects. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or 43 facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW (2740), Washington, DC 20005.

Principal Contributors

  • Karen Korematsu, President and Founder, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

  • Courtney Peagler, Vice President and Director of Education, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

  • Amy Cohen, Executive Director, Exhibit Envoy

  • Anthony Hirschel, Principal, AGH Arts Strategies, LLC

  • Michael Williams, Photo historian and Co-author of the book Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

Advisors & Collaborators

  • Eric Yamamoto, Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice (Emeritus) at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi

  • Antonia Grace Glenn, Filmmaker, Unwashed Masses Productions

  • Donald K. Tamaki, Senior Counsel, Minami Tamaki LLP

  • Nancy Ukai and David Izu, 50 Objects

  • Audee Kochiyama-Holman, Director of Alumni Relations, Asian Law Caucus

  • Lorraine Bannai, Professor Emerita at Seattle University School of Law and Director Emerita of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality

  • Alice Yang, Chair and Professor in the History Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz 42

  • Myla Vicenti-Carpio, Associate Professor & Graduate Faculty Director in the Native American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico

  • Daniel Sigward, Education and Curriculum Consultant

  • Ed Rodley, Co-Founder & Principal, The Experience Alchemists

  • Michael Garzel, Graphic Design & Photography

  • Jeannine Kuropatkin, K-12 Teacher & Curriculum Writer, Mesa Public Schools, Mesa, AZ

  • Ashanté Horton, Director of Events, National Council for Social Studies

  • John Lee and Virgo Lee, Estate of Corky Lee

  • and, Shirley Nakao