Chapters: Season Five Introduction

About this episode

This episode introduces Season Five of Chapters, focusing on incarceration and its impact on Japanese Americans post-Executive Order 9066.

People in this episode

Guests: Teresa Watanabe, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Kirn Kim, Donald K. Tamaki, Peggy Nagae, Dale Minami, Ricardo D. García, Abdi Soltani, Chessie Thacher

Topics covered

• incarceration
• Japanese Americans
• Executive Order 9066
• community impact
• historical context
• artistic perspectives

Keywords

• incarceration
• Japanese Americans
• 2025
• community leaders
• historical context
• artists
• lawyers
• journalists

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Geffen Playhouse, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Nor

Books & works: Korematsu v. United States, Coram Nobis case of Min Yasui

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