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From JA to Shohei: The Manzanar Baseball Project

  • Santa Monica Main Library 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Santa Monica, CA, 90401 United States (map)

Susan joins Dan Kwong and Kerry Yo Nakagawa for a reprise of their discussion on the importance of baseball to the incarcerated Japanese Americans. Dan presents his celebrated performance art as the Samurai Centerfielder delivering “The Manzanar Address” and screens updated video of the field restoration of the baseball diamond at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Author of Through A Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball, Kerry is the president of the Nisei Baseball Research Project. Play ball!

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