Dan Kwong stands on the pitcher's mound at the restored baseball field at Manzanar National Historic Site, where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. As millions cheered Shohei ...

At the foot of the majestic snow-capped Sierras sits Manzanar, the site of the World War II concentration camp where 11,070 Japanese Americans were incarcerated from March 1942 to November 1945. This ...

In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her. That was the real-life dilemma faced by the main character of ...

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In spring 1942, 15-year-old Momo Nagano needed a way to fill her time. She was imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center along with approximately 10,000 other people of Japanese ancestry. When ...

MANZANAR, Calif. — Swinging at the first pitch on a hallowed baseball field was 23-year-old Logan Morita. As the crowd fell quiet, he thought of a great-uncle, Jimmy Masatoshi Morita, who 80 years ...

In February, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that led to the forced removal of some 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes. They were sent to live in rural ...

Every year during this weekend, Japanese Americans lead a day trip to the high desert. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall says the focus of this not-so-sentimental journey is the former Manzanar internment camp ...

Native Americans, Japanese Americans and environmentalists defend their water from LA. Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal – Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at ...