THE

MANZANAR COMMITTEE

The Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the incarceration and violation of civil rights of

persons of Japanese ancestry during World War ll, and to the continuing struggle of all peoples when Constitutional rights are in danger.

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The 150 year history of the Japanese in America, like other immigrant groups, is one of triumph and tragedy.  It is the story of an immigrant group that helped to build America, and after suffering the indignities of forced removal and incarceration, rose to recoup their lives and rebuild their communities whose social structure had been destroyed during World War II.  In the process they came together and utilized the tools of democracy:  The courts, Congress, public hearings and grass roots campaigning to win

their long delayed justice and

mark their place in America.  It

is a legacy of the undaunted

courage  and indomitable spirit

of Americans that will pave the

way so that this tragedy will never

be repeated.

Months of Waiting

by Estelle Ishigo

Enlisting the cooperation of various governmental agencies, the WRA selected sites for the permanent concentrations camps.  The movement of the population into the camps...

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43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage 2012