Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Jim Matsuoka, long-time social justice activist, and a founder of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR; now known as Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress), who passed away on October 21, 2022, at the age of 86,... Continue Reading →
The following was originally published in the printed program for the 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 28, 2018. by Jim Matsuoka In 1942, we were thought to be unassimilable and a threat to American society. Time and historical fact has shown otherwise, but we know the consequences of being seen as a statistical mass of... Continue Reading →
In case you missed the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on April 27, 2019, or if you just want to re-live the experience, we’ve got video of the entire program for you on our YouTube channel! If you just want to see video of the individual speakers, we’ve got you covered, too! We’ve got video... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation to the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is still available from Gardena, California. LOS ANGELES — On March 21, the Manzanar Committee announced that long-time community and redress activist Jim Matsuoka has been named as the recipient of the 2019 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award, named after the late chair of... Continue Reading →
As the movement for redress and reparations for the more than 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated or otherwise forcibly removed from the West Coast during World War II began to gain steam in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, different views on how to win redress emerged. Some might say that... Continue Reading →
The following photographs are from the very first organized Manzanar Pilgrimage on December 27, 1969, by photographer Evan Johnson, who attended the Pilgrimage, along with others from the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California, Davis. Johnson donated his collection taken that day to the Manzanar National Historic Site. “Regretfully, I have no... Continue Reading →
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