Tag: INTERNMENT CAMPS

Panel Discussion on Japanese American Internment Camps Harnesses the Power of History for Positive Change

“Just the other day, they were talking about building another [immigrant prison] camp in Kelso, Arkansas. Whether you are a Republican or Democrat, a liberal or conservative, you know that’s a bad idea. I was out there the other day at Kelso. You could see the smokestack of the Rohwer camp from that site.” Richard Yada

The Ron Robinson Theater was filled with memory,


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Survivor of Japanese-American Internment Camp and Son Will Speak at Film Screening on July 13

Will history repeat itself as the USA faces an immigration crisis and incarcerates immigrants in camps?

Voices of experience will speak on the painful cost paid by their own families after a similar confinement of Japanese Americans in Arkansas during World War II.

Relocation, Arkansas: Aftermath of Incarceration will show on July 13 at 3:00 pm in the Ron Robinson Theater at Library Square.


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