On Display April 22, 2023 – October 1, 2023
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, examines the complicated history and impact of Executive Order 9066 that led to the incarceration of 75,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and 45,000 Japanese nationals following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Young and old lived crowded together in hastily built camps, endured poor living conditions, and were under the constant watch of military guards for two and a half years. Meanwhile, brave Japanese American men risked their lives fighting for the United States. Some 40 years later, members of the Japanese American community led the nation to confront the wrong it had done—and urged Congress to make it right.
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.
Generously supported by Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp, U.S.A.
Funding was provided by the Ginger Lew and Lenny Ehn Fund and Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of National Archives
Photo National Museum of American History
Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of National Archives
Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of National Archives
Photo Courtesy National Museum of American History
Photo Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of Library of Congress
