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In Rhode Island, there are Japanese who are uncomfortable leaving their homes on Victory Day because they fear violence. Having a racially-based holiday fuels these actions and attitudes.

Eighty years might feel like distant history for some people, but for Karen Korematsu, May 30, 1942, will always mark a moment in her family's personal history.

Fred Korematsu was the young man who gave his name to the Supreme Court decision that upheld incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as constitutional. Yet Korematsu’s battle, influence, and legacy go far beyond that loss.

Black Mountain community members talked about working with Safe Passage, an organization seeking to improve the conditions in Guatemala City.

The U.S. orchestrated the racially motivated detention of 120,000 Japanese-Americans, of which almost two thirds were U.S. citizens.

Executive Order 9066 was issued by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. It granted the secretary of war and his commanders the power to exclude people from ‘military areas.’ While no group or location was specified in the order, it was applied to virtually all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

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Columnist Gary Brown writes about Cantons connection to the Knickerbocker Theater collapse 100 years ago.

New plays, legendary singers, art walks and comedy highlight the week of arts and entertainment in Sarasota.