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A Symbol of Safety

Photo of Masaru Shibayama, 2 -1/2, of Bainbridge Island standing near a soldier with fixed bayonet.

A Symbol of Safety; Protection---Not Persecution

A copy of a photo showed Masaru Shbayama being in the presence of an armed sentry . The Army was there to prepare for the evacuation of the Bainbridge Japanese.

A tale for the time being

On a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, a Hello Kity lunchbox washes up on the beach. Tucked inside is the diary of a sixteen-year-old Japanese girl named Nao Yasutani...&c

A task at hand - building the monument

Description of the political and practical problems in designing and getting approval for the design of the Memorial to be built in Washington, DC.

A Temporary Haven at Famous Santa Anita Track

Photo of the Santa Anita Race Track in California being converted to temporary housing for Japanese internees before they are sent to permanent housing at Manzanar in the Owens Valley.

A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Multicultural Publishing

Celebrates Lee & Low's ten years of publishing books with multicultural themes for young readers.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding-that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this…

A Thousand Wings

In the course of a homosexual affair, a Laotian cook tells his refugee story, interspersed with recipes. He is Fong Mun, who survived the Vietnam War to find refuge first in a Thai camp, then in San Francisco, where he became a caterer and cookbook…