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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"Exhibit: Nikkeijin Illinois"
DESCRIPTION:"\rIn Nikkeijin Illinois, multifaceted stories of Japanese immigrants and their descendants are offered through the lens of former and current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Illinois. These dynamic histories provide meaning towards why understanding the past is important to the present. \r\rOne thread of the exhibition connects histories of exclusion and anti-Asian hate to current reports of violence and hate crimes inflicted upon Asian and Asian-Americans that upset our contemporary news headlines. Another platform will serve to amplify Japanese American voices of today. By highlighting Japanese Americans at Illinois, we center histories of struggle and perseverance for Nikkeijin—those of Japanese American heritage—on campus and in our community, creating new resonance within spaces we may frequent today.\r\rThe exhibit also provides a concise overview of the greater Japanese American experience.\rthe pre-war years; \ranti-Japanese propaganda, Pearl Harbor and U.S. Entry into World War II; \rthe forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during war; \rthose who volunteered for U.S. service and others segregated as disloyal;\rrelocation and migration across the country during and after the war; and\rthe groundbreaking work towards redress and reparations. \r\rImage Credit: Yuki Okinaga (later Yuki Llewellyn (external link)) waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942. By Clem Albers, California, April 1942. (Photo No. 210-G-2A-6). Courtesy of the National Archives.\r"
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LOCATION:"Campbell Gallery\, Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory St.\, Urbana\, IL"
URL:https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=2227
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