Attend The Seattle Public Library's Local History Lecture 'Let It Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese Internment' on July 9
release date: July 8, 2020
The Seattle Public Library presents "Let it Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese American Exclusion" as this month's local feature in the Words, Writers and Southwest Stories program series from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9.
Clarence Moriwaki will discuss Bainbridge Island’s role in Japanese American exclusion, providing a historical account of this national tragedy; he will also ask: are there parallels to what’s happening in America today?
Registration is required, sign up online at Log House Museum. Participants will be emailed a link to the presentation on the date of the event. Closed captioning will be available.
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Using historical images, including historical and current propaganda, Moriwaki will explore the fear, racism and failure of political leadership that led to unconstitutional actions during World War II – and address why we must not let it happen again.
Moriwaki is the president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community and a founder and former president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association. He has written nationally-published guest editorials on the subject. Moriwaki has served as a spokesperson for administrations including the Clinton Administration, the Office of the Governor, and former Congressman Jay Inslee.
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Words, Writers & Southwest Stories is a historically-based speaker series offered in partnership with The Southwest Seattle Historical Society and The Seattle Public Library.