The following is an expanded version of a story that will appear in the printed program for the 48th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 29, 2017. LOS ANGELES — A little over 25 years ago, after decades of hard work, Japanese American community activists, along with allies in California’s Owens Valley, celebrated a victory when the... Continue Reading →
Bill Michael’s Long-Term Commitment To Manzanar Recognized With Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award
MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE, CA — Starting in 2009, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, which sponsors the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk programs, began honoring individuals with the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award, named after the late chair of the Manzanar Committee who was one of the founders of the annual... Continue Reading →
Keith Bright To Receive Manzanar Committee’s Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award Posthumously
LOS ANGELES — On April 15, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee announced that the late Keith Bright, a long-time resident of the Owens Valley and a former Inyo County Supervisor, has been chosen as one of the 2010 recipients of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy “Baka Guts” Award. Bill Michael, the former Director of the... Continue Reading →
Bill Michael Named Co-Recipient of Manzanar Committee’s Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award
LOS ANGELES — On April 15, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee announced that long-time Eastern Sierra local Bill Michael has been chosen as one of the 2010 recipients of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy “Baka Guts” Award. The late Keith Bright, a former Inyo County Supervisor who served on the Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory... Continue Reading →
Manzanar Pilgrimage: A Diversity of Faces…And Much More
MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR LONE PINE, CA — For thirty-nine years, the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage has brought a diversity of faces and voices together at the site of one of ten concentration camps that imprisoned over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II in what is commonly acknowledged as a gross violation... Continue Reading →