He became vice chair of the advocacy committee tasked with desegregating Pasadena schools and led a national campaign for the congressional repeal of the Emergency Detention Act of 1950.

600 people attended the pilgrimage and visited the Manzanar National Historic Site.and director of the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations.

as we gather at the Ireito (the monument in the cemetery).Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.Ron Wakabayashi received the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award.

Maiya Kuida OsumiAn interfaith service was conducted in the cemetery by Buddhist and Christian ministers with many Muslim and Jewish participants to commemorate those who had passed.The program also included a student speaker.

Musician Ken Koshio blows a shell horn.

The Manzanar Committee extends its thanks to all who attended this years pilgrimage – both in-person and online.The museums Pavilion will be closing for the renovation Dec.

spanning two core institutions of Little Tokyo.curator Emily Anderson has been doing research.

As the largest Japantown left in North America.so they can experience it? So importantly it becomes a part of their internalized memories rather just reading about or hearing about it.