Monterey Public Library Blog

MAY 17, 2012
"Searching for Democracy WWII and Today" - a Panel Discussion

On Saturday, May 19, at 3 p.m., join us in the Library Community Room for a gathering of readers, scholars, and eye-witnesses for a discussion of the Japanese American experiences during WWII and the questions it raises about democracy in America today.  Admission is free.  This project is co-sponsored by the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League.  California reads programs are made possible with support from Cal Humanities in partnership with California Center for the Book. 

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Karen said, on May. 17 at 1:04PM
Author /scholars who will speak: David Yamada: The Japanese of the Monterey Peninsula; their history and legacy. John Tateishi, And Justice for All; An Oral History of the JApanese American Detention Camps. Stan Yogi, Wherever There's a Fight; How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. Book sales and signing, JACL table too.

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