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Citizen/Enemy: Japanese American Incarceration Camps
Citizen/Enemy: Japanese American Incarceration Camps

Wed, Oct 12

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Tucson Desert Art Museum

Citizen/Enemy: Japanese American Incarceration Camps

The exhibition features historic documents, installations, and large-scale images from noted photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee, offering a guide for reflection on this tragic political action and its repercussions for Japanese Americans.

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Oct 12, 2022, 7:00 PM – Dec 23, 2023, 7:00 PM

Tucson Desert Art Museum, 7000 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715, USA

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confronts an uncomfortable period in American history, when the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to the relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans to incarceration camps. The exhibition features historic documents, installations, and large-scale images from noted photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee, offering a guide for reflection on this tragic political action and its repercussions for Japanese Americans.Citizen/Enemy

Special thanks to the , the , the , the , the , and curators Carol Charnley and Alyssa Travis.Japanese American Citizens League (Arizona Chapter)Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural CoalitionGila River Historic AssociationLibrary of CongressNational Archives & Records Administration

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