Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND LOS ANGELES — 68 years have passed since Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, sending over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and their immigrant parents on the West Coast into American concentration camps during World War II. No charges were filed against... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation still available from Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 41st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus Transportation Available From Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Civil Rights: Unfinished Business is the theme for the 41st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley,... Continue Reading →
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, was seventeen years old when she was imprisoned at Manzanar and later, at Jerome and Rohwer, Arkansas. After camp, she became a community and political activist, but is best-known for poring over tons of documents in the National Archives, discovering evidence that the United States Government perjured itself before the United States Supreme... Continue Reading →
The following was written by James To, who attended the Manzanar School Reunion this week, representing the Manzanar Committee. LAS VEGAS — At the Manzanar School Reunion, held August 11-12, 2009 at the California Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, I had the opportunity to talk with former Manzanar prisoners and listen to their... Continue Reading →
UPDATE, AUGUST 23, 2012: Video has been re-encoded and is now viewable on iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). Manzanar: “Never Again,” a short film by critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, has been released by WETA-TV (Public Television in Washington, D.C.) and Florentine Films. The mini-documentary is one of five such films produced by... Continue Reading →
MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE, CA — To most in attendance at the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage, it was probably just another award, like so many that are handed out at community events. But a closer look at the affable recipient tells a very different story. On April 25, 2009, during the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage,... Continue Reading →
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