Photographed by Dorothea Lange, this image shows the long lines inmates had to wait in before entering the mess hall at Manzanar, July 1942. Many recounted the many lines they had to endure as part of camp life
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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