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Education

David Ono on Internment of Japanese Americans, part of UHD's President's Lecture Series

Location

University of Houston-Downtown, A-300, Academic Building, 201 Girard Street

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Date and Time for this Past Event

  • Tuesday, May 21, 2024  11:30a.m. - 1 p.m.

Details

Award-winning filmmaker and Los Angeles’ ABC7 Eyewitness News Anchor David Ono will shed light on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), A-300, Academic Building, 201 Girard.

ABC13 Houston Reporter Miya Shay will moderate this riveting conversation as part of UHD's 50th Anniversary President’s Lecture Series and in recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Reservations are requested, and lunch will be served.

Ono has received 28 Emmys and nine prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards for achievement in electronic journalism. His many documentary films include “The Legacy of Heart Mountain,” which chronicled some of the stories of 10,000 Japanese Americans held in an internment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.