Maybe call it the samurai spirit.

courtesy of the Nagai family; the Shogans.The exhibition not only reveals a previously unexplored aspect of the Japanese American story.

The exhibition includes documentation of the brief window in 1942 when Japanese Americans were allowed to drive themselves and their belongings to sites like Santa Anita temporary detention center and Manzanar concentration camp in family cars that were then impounded without restitution.Exploring the communitys influence on car culture in the U.the designer behind the 1963 Corvette Stingray and other iconic cars; and members of teenage social clubs and car clubs like The Atomettes.

Hirashima is wearing the mechanics shirt for his character.JANM will also host a series of Cars and Coffee events through the run of the exhibition.

Nikkei gardeners prominence in the local economy was made possible by their trucks.

will present Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community as part of JANM on the Go.starting at the Sixth Street Bridge and ending in front of the Japanese American Nationsl Museum in Little Tokyo.

Billions of tax dollars become available this October to supercahrge the immigration enforcement machine now that the Supreme Court has handed ICE a blank check to racially discriminate while our communities lose union contracts.where there was a recent show of force by ICE and Customs Border Protection.

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice.Amy Oba spoke for Nikkei Progressives and Erich Nakano represented Little Tokyo Service Center at the concluding rally.