Architecture of Internment: The Buildup to Wartime Incarceration

This is an Oregon story.

This traveling exhibit explains how Oregonians participated in the decision to incarcerate Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants during World War II... it is the story of how individuals, organizations, businesses and elected officials advocated for the incarceration of Oregonians of Japanese ancestry or stood by while it happened....

Special Events

March 13, 6pm: Lawson Inada, a jazz musician, professor and Poet Laureate of Oregon who was interned

• Video: Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment
• Video: Lawson Inada visits students at the Nikkei Legacy Center in Portland, Oregon, and speaks to them about using writing as a way to fight injustice

March 19, 6pm: Join us with Jesus Narvaez, a Dreamer, and Mansoor Shams, "Muslim Marine" for a live chat

March 29, 6pm: "Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice" documentary film followed by a special guest appearance and live chat with the film's director, Holly Yasui

Join the conversation as we compare historic events to contemporary examples of people in our country being profiled and targeted based on their ancestry, nationality, religion, color orientation... 

For more info, contact library@cottagegrove.org.

^{Exhibit by Graham Street Productions. Special thanks to Rural Organizing Project and the Cottage Grove Public Library.}