ANN ARBOR SCREENING of AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
Seventy-six years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange,
Please join filmmaker Abby Ginzberg, Rana Elmir- Deputy Director, ACLU of Michigan, David Yamamoto, and Maia Ibarra-Frayre and moderator Ann Linn, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan for a post-screening discussion about the role of historical memory and litigation in helping to safeguard democracy and civil rights.
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