Two Pasadenas: Debate Over Internment Camps

Admission: General $15; PMH Members $10

During World War II, Pasadenans struggled with many questions. Was it right to lock Americans of Japanese descent in camps? What could be done to counter FDR’s War Relocation Authority?

Join Susie Ling, Pasadena City College Professor of Asian American Studies and History, for this presentation about the people who did their best to help their Japanese American neighbors. Pasadena’s Friends of the American Way – along with William Carr, Hugh Anderson and PCC’s John Harbeson – sponsored the return of the first “test case” to the area, 19-year-old Esther Takei (Nishio).
Presentation will begin at 7:00 pm; PMH Galleries will be open for viewing at 6:00 pm.

Image: Esther Takei and PJC Superintendent John Harbeson in front of the C Building, September 1944. The Rafu Shimpo, 2019.