Crystal City
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Pilgrims gather at former family reunification concentration camp in Texas
February 1, 2024 by Kenji G. Taguma, Nichi Bei News
CRYSTAL CITY, Texas — They came from across the country and over the Pacific to a small town in Texas, seeking to make a connection with a site that incarcerated […] READ MORE
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WHEN ‘THEN’ MEETS ‘NOW’: Film examines bonds made in Crystal City camp, lessons for today
January 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
How is “now” — meaning the Trumpian era where government officials criminalize immigrants and asylum seekers from non-Aryan countries — connected to “then” — the World War II period when […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: On processing the Crystal City pilgrimage
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
I’ve been home for a while since the March 29 to April 1 Crystal City, Texas pilgrimage and demonstration at Dilley, the largest detention center for asylum seekers in the […] READ MORE
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Japanese Americans gather in Texas to protest family detention at border
April 11, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
CRYSTAL CITY, Texas — More than 60 people from across the United States participated in a historical pilgrimage to Texas from March 29 to April 1 that included a memorial […] READ MORE
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Art Shibayama, who continued fight for Japanese Latin American redress, dies
August 16, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Isamu Carlos Arturo “Art” Shibayama, who was among the 2,264 Japanese Latin Americans kidnapped during World War II by the United States government to be used in hostage exchanges with […] READ MORE
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Speakers at L.A. Day of Remembrance urge all to speak out against injustice
March 2, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The 2017 Day of Remembrance, held Feb. 18 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, featured guest speakers urging community members not to forget the […] READ MORE
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IN REMEMBRANCE: Website documents wartime incarceration, one photo at a time
August 12, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Inspired by the accounts of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II, photographer Andy Frazer now shares their stories through profiles on his Website, Kioku: Portraits of Japanese-American […] READ MORE
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Searching for a wartime photo of Crystal City DOJ camp
June 30, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
The German American Internee Coalition is trying to locate the original hard copy of a photo that was taken at the Crystal City, Texas Department of Justice camp during World […] READ MORE
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Former Crystal City inmate seeks help in creating detailed map
September 9, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
A former resident of the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas is looking for others who were forcibly relocated there, in hopes of building a detailed map of […] READ MORE
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