November 3, 2016
“Sam Mihara gives a riveting, engaging, and well-polished presentation on Japanese internment. His use of multimedia resources and engagement with the audience make an otherwise distant history, personal and vibrant. Although I have attended many talks and presentations at the law school, Mr. Mihara’s presentation was a unique experience. He managed to effectively reach audience members on a personal level while also describing the history of Japanese internment that so often goes untold. Mr. Mihara is generous with his own personal history and his presentation is an invaluable learning experience for anyone interested in Asian American history, United States history, and civil rights and liberties more generally. I hope that he can reach as many audiences as possible.” – Cathi Choi, Political Chair of Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Harvard Law School
“As someone who has taught American Constitutional Law and Constitutional History for 30 years, I found that Mr. Mihara’s presentation added invaluable context to what otherwise can seem an abstract debate over an issue that people today have a difficult time fully relating to. The cartoons illustrating anti-Japanese sentiment and the photographs from the internment camps, together with Mr. Mihara’s valuable accounts of the life stories of people in the photographs, brings to life the enormity of the injustices involved in the World War II internment of Japanese-American citizens.” – Michael Klarman, Professor of Constitutional Law and Constitutional History, Harvard Law School
