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  • JANM Supports Legislation to Recognize Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu

    Mar 06, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) supports efforts to recognize civil rights activist Fred Korematsu with the reintroduction of legislation for the Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act, which would posthumously award a Congressional Go...

  • JANM STATEMENT ON REFERENCE TO INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS AT SHERMAN OAKS EVENT ON HOMELESS HOUSING

    Sep 26, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu recently hosted an event in Sherman Oaks to provide residents with information about possible homeless shelter and housing sites. One attendee cited the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as an example of how the federal government can—and should—step in and move a group of people out of urban areas. This is just the latest reprehensible examp...

  • STORY OF ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION TO BE TOLD ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 19

    Sep 10, 2010

    Authors Erica Lee and Judy Yung will provide the historic framework to the story of Angel Island, which was the gateway for immigrants from Asia to enter the United States before World War II in a public program set for Sunday, September 19, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Lee and Yung wrote the book, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Their research revealed ...

  • Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe

    Nov 12, 2009

    Director, Harry Kim goes through eight haphazard years filled with mayhem to follow and deliver a portrait of David Choe, a young street artist that devises numerous schemes that afford him to hitchhike across the globe. A discussion will immediately follow this presentation providing an insider perspective on the life of artist David Choe.

  • FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION NORMAN MINETA TO SPEAK AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL DINNER

    Apr 24, 2009

    Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian American to serve in a Cabinet post, will be the keynote speaker at the Japanese American National Museum’s 2009 Annual Gala Dinner, "The Pavilion: Home, Community, History—Celebrating 10 Years of Building a Legacy", set for Saturday, April 25, with a reception/silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. This year’s annual dinner will recognize ...

  • "Circles of Grace": A Family Concert for Peace

    Jul 18, 2004

    Bring your family and friends to hear music of compassion and hope. This concert features the MASS ENSEMBLE creators of large-scale, architecturally-inspired stringed instruments such as the Peace and Wing Harps, the celebrated AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR, and acclaimed singer/songwriter, PERLA BATALLA. Hosted by YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS, Wednesday host of the Global Village on KPFK/90.7 FM. Co-produced by Community Arts Reso...

  • Monterey Flag: A Symbol of Community Unity, Strength, and Determination

    Aug 16, 2003

    Members of the Monterey, California, community will proudly share memories of parading this historic flag in Central and Coastal California. This 40' x 70' flag was created in 1938 to demonstrate the community's patriotism in the Monterey Fourth of July Parade. The stars and stripes banner traveled throughout the West Coast, disappearing during the 1950s and 60s. When it was rediscovered in 1971, the banner continued...

  • "When You're Smiling: The Deadly Legacy of Internment"

    May 11, 2002

    Film Screening, Part of Nationhood, History, and Cinema Film Series Award-winning filmmaker Janice Tanaka documents the personal story of her family as they struggled through the harsh post camp years. This autobiographical documentary explores the dark side of life for working-class Japanese Americans living in racially mixed South Central Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. The film offers the first comprehensive ...

  • Zowie! Pow! Wham!: A Day of Comics

    Sep 09, 2000

    2ND SATURDAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM Explore the world of cartoons, comics, animation, and children’s book illustration. You’ll laugh while you learn: what goes on in a cartoonist’s mind, how do those ideas get converted into art and how is it possible to communicate so much with sometimes very little? A fun day for young and old! FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY

  • "Tropic of Orange" by Karen Tei Yamashita

    Jan 11, 1998

    A bizarre set of circumstances are set in motion by an orange brought to Los Angeles from Mexico. Join us for an afternoon reading from Karen’s latest work. Her writing captures the essence of the incongruity of our modern lives and offers a tumultuous look at the diversity of American society. Free with Museum admission. Reservations suggested by January 7.