Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
February 19 is the Day of Remembrance, the annual recognition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent incarceration of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent living mostly in Washington, Oregon, and California. To commemorate the thousands of people affected by this human rights abuse, our discussion this year features news anchor and filmmaker David Ono and his documentary series FACEism, which examines how racism is rooted in often ignored and painful histories. Panelists will consider the documentary and explore how community activists further discussions about history, accountability, and injustice in our past, present, and future.
Music: 120,000 Stories by Nobuko Miyamoto courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings https://folkways.si.edu/nobuko-miyamoto/120000-stories
To learn more, explore our online exhibition Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II: https://americanhistory.si.edu/righting-wrong-japanese-americans-and-world-war-ii
Teachers! Want to bring this exhibition to your classrooms? Use this learning lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/righting-a-wrong-japanese-americans-in-world-war-ii/GJ23fTn21AYv3GJh#r/
Check out our Viral Histories: Stories of Racism, Resilience, and Resistance in Asian American Communities series to learn more about combatting anti-Asian racism and COVID: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQ0P2-XH9C0RFIxmp-c6H5Z
Teachers! Students! Knowledge seekers! Learn more about stereotypes and bias with this great resource from our friends at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center: smithsonianapa.org/learn/not-a-stereotype
More resources!
Japanese American Confinement, National Park Service: nps.gov/subjects/internment/index.htm
Power of Words Handbook A Guide to Language about Japanese Americans in World War II: jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/POW-Handbook-Rev2020-V4.pdf
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II (Poster exhibit, SITES) Righting a Wrong Poster Exhibition Educators' Guide: sites.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#36000000YS1w/a/1Q000000DQbY/.rGbZlecJXMV.zqcbksNzN26DGX0_uDOlGqC8JzBr6E
Educational resource that preserves and shares history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans: densho.org
For more information on previous Day of Remembrance programing visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/day-of-remembrance
February 19 is the Day of Remembrance, the annual recognition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent incarceration of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent living mostly in Washington, Oregon, and California. To commemorate the thousands of people affected by this human rights abuse, our discussion this year features news anchor and filmmaker David Ono and his documentary series FACEism, which examines how racism is rooted in often ignored and painful histories. Panelists will consider the documentary and explore how community activists further discussions about history, accountability, and injustice in our past, present, and future.
Music: 120,000 Stories by Nobuko Miyamoto courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings https://folkways.si.edu/nobuko-miyamoto/120000-stories
To learn more, explore our online exhibition Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II: https://americanhistory.si.edu/righting-wrong-japanese-americans-and-world-war-ii
Teachers! Want to bring this exhibition to your classrooms? Use this learning lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/righting-a-wrong-japanese-americans-in-world-war-ii/GJ23fTn21AYv3GJh#r/
Check out our Viral Histories: Stories of Racism, Resilience, and Resistance in Asian American Communities series to learn more about combatting anti-Asian racism and COVID: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQ0P2-XH9C0RFIxmp-c6H5Z
Teachers! Students! Knowledge seekers! Learn more about stereotypes and bias with this great resource from our friends at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center: smithsonianapa.org/learn/not-a-stereotype
More resources!
Japanese American Confinement, National Park Service: nps.gov/subjects/internment/index.htm
Power of Words Handbook A Guide to Language about Japanese Americans in World War II: jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/POW-Handbook-Rev2020-V4.pdf
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II (Poster exhibit, SITES) Righting a Wrong Poster Exhibition Educators' Guide: sites.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#36000000YS1w/a/1Q000000DQbY/.rGbZlecJXMV.zqcbksNzN26DGX0_uDOlGqC8JzBr6E
Educational resource that preserves and shares history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans: densho.org
For more information on previous Day of Remembrance programing visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/day-of-remembrance
