Racial Reckoning and Japanese American Museums

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As our nation continues to wrestle with its long and complex history of racial injustice, join us as we look back on another moment of reckoning —the Japanese American community's struggle for recognition and redress. And since the early days of the redress movement, museums have played a powerful supporting role in this work. In this session, hear from cultural and museum leaders about early exhibits that set the stage for much of the ongoing work that national and community institutions are undertaking today.

Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture at the Smithsonian, will open this panel by introducing the Smithsonian’s “Our Shared Future” initiative and explaining the role that museums can play in the national conversation about race. The panel will then explore how museums and historic sites in the present day are rising to meet the current moment.

Speakers: Kevin Gover (Smithsonian), Dr. Franklin Odo (Amherst College, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center), Karen Ishizuka (JANM), Hanako Wakatsuki (NPS), Shirley Ann Higuchi (HMWF), Ann Burroughs (JANM)