[SOA] Lecture on Japanese Incarceration during WWII

[Christine Engels]

The Cincinnati History Advisory Board, Cincinnati Museum Center presents


Roger Daniels, PhD., 
Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati
2009 Distinguished Historian

Incarcerating Japanese Americans, 1942-2009

Professor Daniels will discuss the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II; the wartime Supreme Court decisions that, in effect, ratified that action; the 1989 law providing for redress payments of $20,000 to each person incarcerated; and the question: "Could it happen again?" He will also talk about the Japanese Americans who came to Cincinnati as part of the government's forced resettlement program during and after the war.

Date:		Thursday, April 23, 2009
Reception:	5:45 to 6:15 p.m.
Dinner:		6:15 to 7:30 p.m.
Lecture:		7:30 p.m. - * Free and open to the public; no reservations required *

Cost: 		$60 for reception and dinner

After the lecture copies of Dr. Daniel's 2004 book, Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II will be available for purchase.

The program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Race: Are We so Different? on view at Cincinnati Museum Center through April 26, 2009.

For more information and/or to make reservations, call 513-287-7021


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