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U.S. internment camps inspire students to raise their voices

A California high school is using song to examine a painful chapter in U.S. history.

04/13/2017

PBS News Hour

U.S. internment camps inspire students to raise their voices

Clip: 4/13/2017 | 6m 17s

A California high school is using song to examine a painful chapter in U.S. history.

A California high school is using song to examine a painful chapter in U.S. history. “In America” is an oratorio composed by students at Van Nuys High School, with help from the Los Angeles Master Chorale, that reflects on the experiences of Japanese-Americans who were forced to leave their homes for internment camps during World War II. Jeffrey Brown reports from Los Angeles.

04/13/2017

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