Sentences with phrase «forced internment»
Arizona Humanities Council, Phoenix, Arizona, commissioned portfoliio of prints, created in conjunction with «Transforming Barbed Wire» a project commemorating the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation.
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- Publishers Weekly «Descriptions of the Fukudas» forced internment at a Utah camp, where life continues behind barbed wire, create a memorable impression.
Recounting the extraordinary life story of Louis Zamperini (played by Jack O'Connell, «Starred Up»)-- who ran for America in the 1936 Olympics, survived a plane crash during World War II, stayed afloat for 75 days on a life raft before forced internment in a series of Japanese POW camps — Jolie and company seem to be digging into the Spielberg playbook: The movie offers up sun - dappled nostalgia for Depression - era Southern California, harrowing wartime sequences, and even a shark attack, but it serves them all up with maximum efficiency.
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Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.
«In Ireland the British Army is responsible for the use of lethal force, shoot - to - kill, the use of rubber and plastic bullets, collusion, internment and torture — all with official impunity.»
In Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds, Harry Fukuhara, his sister Mary, and his niece Jeanie were forced into internment camps built to house people of Japanese descent who were living in the United States during World War II.
Additional controversy has also arisen over recent talks about how to commemorate the bicentennial of Fort Snelling, which was established as a military base for U.S. forces in 1820 and served as the site of an internment camp for Dakota women, children, and elders after the Mankato executions.