Little Tokyo

This video originally aired on Sunday, October 30, 2011.

About This Video

Bill Shishima, a docent at the Japanese American National Museum, gave a tour of Little Tokyo, near downtown Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Shishima was born in Little Tokyo in 1930 and during World War II was interned for three years in Wyoming at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

Keywords

Minorities & Equal Opportunity, Asian Americans, American History, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Internment Camp

Related Subjects/Topics

  • U.S. History

Speakers

  • Japanese American National Museum docent Bill Shishima