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some things happened in America that we are not so proud of

some things happened in America that we are not so proud of

Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Chiye Mori and Yuki Okinaga Llewellyn

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Nov 15, 2024
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The now-infamous photo of Yuki Okinaga Llewellyn, then just two years old and awaiting incarceration at Manzanar (image via Wikimedia Commons)

“Manzanar” means “apple.” That’s how the Manzanar War Relocation Center got its name.

When 10,000-plus Japanese Americans were imprisoned there between 1942 and 1945, families banded together to care for the 40 ac…

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