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DESCRIPTION:Internment, Japanese Americans, Labor and The Lessons for Today\nThis year 
 is the 75th anniversary of the internment of over 120,000 Japanese 
 Americans and Japanese Peruvians in concentration camps during World War II 
 under the executive order of Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt. \n\n 
 Today the Republican Trump administration is justifying this action by 
 arguing that it would be acceptable today for Muslims and other select 
 groups be incarcerated again. This panel will look at the struggle against 
 the internment and lessons for today with California historian Charles 
 Wollenberg, who is currently completing a book about civil rights attorney 
 Wayne M. Collins. During the 1940s, Collins bucked prejudice and war 
 hysteria to take cases related to Japanese American evacuation and 
 internment. Among others, Collins defended Fred Korematsu, a Japanese 
 American citizen who refused to report for the camps and was imprisoned. 
 The high profile Korematsu case reached the Supreme Court. Wollenberg’s 
 talk is entitled “Wayne Collins: Rebel with a Cause.” In it, Wollenberg 
 will discuss Collins’ legal defense of Nikkei (second generation) rights 
 and liberties, including the Korematsu case. Author Laura Atkins, who is 
 co-author with Stan Yogi of “Fred Korematsu Speaks,” will also discuss 
 this important book for young people about the life of Fred Korematsu. 
 Civil Rights Activist Grace Shimizu is Director of the Japanese Peruvian 
 Oral History Project and the Campaign for Justice: Redress Now for Japanese 
 Latin American Internees. She will speak about the ongoing fight for the 
 Peruvian Japanese who were kidnapped from Peru by the FBI and brought to 
 the United States to be used to trade for US prisoners of war. Panel member 
 ILWU historian Harvey Schwartz has written about the role of the ILWU in 
 fighting discrimination after the war against Japanese Americans. Larry 
 Yamamoto, Bay Area artist, camp survivor, and retired ILWU longshore 
 worker, will serve as commentator for the event. Peter Yamamoto of the 
 National Japanese American Historical Society will chair the program. \nSee 
 also: 
 http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017schedule.htm\nhttp://www.irle.berkeley.edu/californiastudies/scholars.html\nhttp://encyclopedia.densho.org/Wayne%20M.%20Collins/\nhttp://www.korematsuinstitute.org/fred-t-korematsu-lifetime/\nhttps://www.ncrr-la.org/campaign.html\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/11/18800076.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Japanese American Internment 75th Anniversary
LOCATION:1684 Post St., San Francisco.  Buses: 2, 38
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/11/18800076.php
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