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[Meeting to discuss military recruitment, Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.174
DescriptionA man in a cross-patterned suit adresses a large crowd from a stage and wipes tears from his face with a handkerchief. The meeting is held in part, to discuss the troubling dichotomy between the government's willingness to accept Japanese American volunteers for military combat, while simultaneously questioning their loyalty. People in the audience weep . A woman, Mine Okubo is seated in the right foreground holding her nose.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 10 x 14.5 in.
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