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An American History:
The Resettlement of
Japanese Americans in Cleveland

Latest news: The documentary is also available at several libraries

Congratulations to Steve Yano, Shawn Wickens, Greg Petusky and Johnny Wu to receive the Community Service Award on July 16, 2000 for their dedication in the creation of a community documentary. You can now own your copy of Cleveland's Past! The documentary premiered at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on April 08, 2000 from 2pm to 4pm. Over 110 people attended the FREE event. Click here for Adobe PDF format of the flyer

This video documentary is also available entirely online by clicking here: Oral History

"To think a country could put you in a concentration camp... It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life."
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, several thousand Japanese American families were taken from their homes along the West Coast and placed into internment camps. After their incarceration, many of these Japanese Americans were resettled into communities throughout the country. One such location was Cleveland, OH. Through the stories of some Cleveland residents who expereinced this mass migration, this documentary explores an often overlooked part of America's history. Read the Press...
"My father didn't want to raise us in camp. We were there in Poston for one year, one week, and one day."
"An American History: The Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Cleveland" was made possible through a grant from the National and Cleveland chapters of the Japanese American Citizens League.

WE MUST EDUCATE OURSELVES OF THE PAST SO THAT WE DO NOT REPEAT IT.

"I began to have an interest in the story of the Japanese Americnas who were interned during WWII. Mainly because both of my grandparents were interned at Manzanar."

- past Youth Chairman of Cleveland's JACL, Steve Yano
(June 22, 1982 - December 7, 2004)

Steve also spoke with the late artist, Masumi Hayashi, a distinguished photographer who has exhibited numerous photos she has taken of the interment camps. To learn more about her and some of her other projects, please visit her website, masumihayashi.com

 


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