internment

Image of old report card with black and white photo of young girl

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

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

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