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There hasn’t been a Japantown in Chicago since the 1980s, but this exhibit is bringing the community back together

October 17, 2017
Culture

Some 20,000 Japanese Americans were resettled in Chicago after being imprisoned by the government during World War II. Now their belongings are on display in Lincoln Park.

There hasn’t been a Japantown in Chicago since the 1980s, but this exhibit is bringing the community back together
Two kimonos in the wind on a laundry line

These images of Japanese American incarceration were embargoed for almost 30 years

April 30, 2016
Justice
These images of Japanese American incarceration were embargoed for almost 30 years

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