Explore the history of Japanese American incarceration during World War II through digital archives and storytelling projects. Learn how resources like Forced Assembly Centers and Densho help to document this history and engage with the creators behind these platforms.
Sharon Yamato is the creator of the Forced Assembly Centers website, which documents the temporary detention sites where Japanese Americans were held before incarceration.
Brian Niya is the content director for Densho and editor of the Densho Encyclopedia.
Stretching from California’s southern border to northmost tip of Washington state, One Book, One Coast is a brand-new, multi-state community reading initiative that brings readers together around a shared book, sparking conversation, programs and reflection across the West Coast.
Our inaugural selection is They Called Us Enemy (2019), a graphic memoir by George Takei that recounts his childhood experience of incarceration alongside more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent, most of whom were U.S. citizens, following Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
Read along March–May 2026 and join the programs and discussions it inspires
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