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UNC-Chapel Hill students to present “Taking a Stand: UNC’s Admissions Policy on Japanese Americans during World War II” on Nov. 30
(Chapel Hill, N.C.— Nov. 24, 2015) – A class of undergraduates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will share their research in a presentation “Taking a Stand: UNC’s Admissions Policy on Japanese Americans during World War II” on Nov. 30 at the Wilson Special Collections Library.
The students in professor Heidi Kim’s English 360 class spent the semester examining the historical record to build a picture of this episode in University history. During the War, Japanese Americans were incarcerated without trial. Members of the UNC-Chapel Hill community, including President Frank Porter Graham and the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, faced fierce opposition as they sought to help college-age Japanese American students continue their education.
The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. Starting at 5 p.m., attendees will be able to view a display of historical documents from the Library’s collections.
For program information, contact UNC Friends of the Library coordinator Liza Terll, liza_terll@unc.edu or (919) 548-1203.
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