'A Principled Stand: Hirabayashi v. United States'NEW

Prof. Lane Hirabayashi, co-author of "A Principled Stand: Hirabayashi v. United States" with the late James Hirabayashi, will read and talk about his uncie Gordon Hirabayashi's fight and trial to protest the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. �The authors used the diaries of Gordon along with personal conversations in Gordon's voice, which delivers a compelling story.

Actor Johnny Kwon will do a brief dramatization from "Our American Voice," among 6 sketches presented at JANM in collaboration with East West Players to complement the traveling Smithsonian exhibit, "I Want the Wide American Earth" in Sept and Oct of 2013. �He portrays Gordon as a college student when curfew was imposed. The sketch was written by actor/playwright Jeanne Sakata.

Presented by the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California and the Torrance Public Library on Saturday, April 5, 2014, 1 to 3 pm, at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Bl., Torrance 90503.

The program is free and open to the public.

Heritage Source will have books available for sale.