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Performances

"Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop" CD Release Launch

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Performances

"Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop" CD Release Launch

In order to increase teens' awareness of the injustices Japanese Americans faced as a result of racism and wartime hysteria during World War II, the group Project J, Justice designed a booklet of historical photos and text accompanied by a fusion of music. Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop incorporates audio excerpts from the Los Angeles Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) with hip-hop, rap, and jazz. Written by Miya Iwataki of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR) with music production by David Iwataki, Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop will make its public debut at the National Museum. The event will include artists featured in the original recording.

Thursday, Oct 14, 2004

7:30 PM PDT

In order to increase teens' awareness of the injustices Japanese Americans faced as a result of racism and wartime hysteria during World War II, the group Project J, Justice designed a booklet of historical photos and text accompanied by a fusion of music. Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop incorporates audio excerpts from the Los Angeles Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) with hip-hop, rap, and jazz. Written by Miya Iwataki of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR) with music production by David Iwataki, Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop will make its public debut at the National Museum. The event will include artists featured in the original recording.

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