Press
The Malibu Times: DAR speaker recounts experiences of WWII Japanese relocation
March 7, 2024
Selanoco/Orange County JACL chapters merge
Feb. 9-22, 2024
Rafu Shimpo: ‘Our Fragile Democracy’ at JANM
February 22, 2024
"American Scene" with Ben Rosen
November 21, 2023
Pacific Citizen: One Small Step For JACL -- A Giant Leap for Its Future?
August 11-24, 2023
BBC Sounds: History's Secret Heroes - George Takei and the American Internment Camps
May 31, 2023
Georgetown Law Magazine: Class Notes
Spring 2023
Culture Meets Boba at USC Event
April 24, 2023
LA Times: After 100 years, San Gabriel Nursery & Florist continues to bloom
February 26, 2023
Pacific Citizen: JACL Teacher Training 'Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis' Shapes Education Across the Country
July 29-August 11, 2022
"Spark to Flame with Susan Kamei" published by the USC Dornsife Office of Experiential and Applied Learning
May 2022
USC Annenberg TV News, USC awards posthumous degrees to Nisei students
(segment: 8:35 - 10:00)
Monday, April 4, 2022
Dear White Women podcast:
When Can We Go Back to America,
with Susan H. Kamei
February 22, 2022
A family’s old steamer trunk holds links to a dark period in the nation’s history
February 15, 2022
Eighty years after Pearl Harbor, survivors of Japanese internment camps remember ordeal
December 10, 2021
KPCC 89.3FM AirTalk with Larry Mantle: 80 Years After Pearl Harbor, How Do Our Memories Of The Day "Which Will Live In Infamy" Evolve?
December 7, 2021
Los Angeles Times: Captives in our own country
December 5, 2021
Booklist Carte Blanche: Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty
December 1, 2021
Nichi Bei: USC to apologize for disrupting Nisei students' college careers in 1942
November 11, 2021
School Library Journal: This comprehensive and engaging history of Japanese incarceration during and beyond WWI is essential for all collections
November 1, 2021
School Library Journal News & Features: Interview: Susan H. Kamei on “When Can We Go Back to America?”
October 20, 2021
USC Annenberg TV News: USC to grant posthumous honorary degrees to Nisei students
October 18, 2021
History in Five: 5 Facts You Didn't Know About Japanese American Incarceration
October 5, 2021
C-SPAN: American History TV
September 25, 2021
BYU radio’s Top of Mind with Julie Rose: Japanese-American Incarceration During WWII
September 23, 2021
Discover Nikkei: The Incarceration in Context: New book paints the story of JA oppression, incarceration, and resilience
September 23, 2021
Pacific Citizen, the National Newspaper of the JACL: The Long Journey
September 10-23, 2021
The Conversation Weekly podcast:
An interview with Susan Kamei about her book and research chronicling the experiences of Japanese Americans interned by the US government during the second world war.
September 9, 2021
NPR’s The Takeaway:
Why Japanese American Internment Matters Today
September 7, 2021
NBC BAY AREA Asian Pacific America:
New Book Highlights Over 130 Stories of Japanese Internment
September 7, 2021
The Conversation:
How memories of Japanese American imprisonment during WWII guided the US response to 9/11
September 3, 2021
Rafu Shimpo: Authors Hirahara, Kamei to Discuss JA WWII Experience
August 19, 2021
Kirkus Reviews: This landmark historical account shines a light on a part of American history that must be remembered
August 15, 2021
Publishers Weekly: This is a truly remarkable, comprehensive resource
August 12, 2021
The Conversation: Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
May 27, 2021
USC Annenberg TV: Susan Kamei discusses HR 40 and reparations with student news channel
April 13, 2021
NPR 89.3 KPCC “Take Two”: Japanese
Internment Apology
February 18, 2020. Take Two’s A Martinez interviews Susan Kamei about her book “WHEN CAN WE GO BACK TO AMERICA?”
Los Angeles Times
”USC students explore civil rights, national security in university’s first history class on WWII internment.”
February 19, 2018