Karl Yoneda and Elaine Buchman, March 1933. The couple would later be incarcerated with their son at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II. (The Karl G. Yoneda Papers, UCLA Special ...

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During World War II, the U.S. government incarcerated more than 120,000 Japanese Americans at camps across the country. One of the largest was Manzanar, in the remote California desert. The camp was ...

Tracy Slater’s book offers much needed context about American internment camps beyond the Yonedas’ compelling story. Credit: Courtesy Chicago Review Press “Who would lock up a three-year-old?” This is ...

In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her. That was the real-life dilemma faced by the main character of ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of mixed heritage sent to... New book 'Together in Manzanar' reveals life inside ...