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At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America

Past Exhibition

At First Light

The Dawning of Asian Pacific America

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Events

Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted.

To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, visit janm.org/events.

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Events

May 25 - October 20, 2019

Japanese American National Museum

100 North Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Events

Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted.

To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, visit janm.org/events.

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Visual Communications

     

At First Light is sponsored in part with support from the California Arts Council, Wellness Foundation, and other individual donors.

 

Media Sponsor: The Rafu Shimpo

 

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Past Events

Members of UCLA's Nikkei Student Union singing to demand tenure for the school's sociology professor Don T. Nakanishi during a May 1988 rally in front of Campbell Hall
Lectures & Discussions Partner Event

September 19, 2019

REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS—Ten Works Inspired by "At First Light"
At First Site
Partner Event Lectures & Discussions

August 15, 2019

At First Site
The 1963 March on Washington
Lectures & Discussions Lectures & Discussions

July 12, 2019

Building the Asian American Movement: Then and Now
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Events

May 25 - October 20, 2019

Japanese American National Museum

100 North Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Events

Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted.

To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, visit janm.org/events.

A co-production of

JANM Logo

 

Visual Communications

     

At First Light is sponsored in part with support from the California Arts Council, Wellness Foundation, and other individual donors.

 

Media Sponsor: The Rafu Shimpo

 

#AtFirstLight

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