Curators of an upcoming Smithsonian museum exhibition on the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans have put out a call for families to contribute artifacts for display. The National Museum of American History in Washington wants items that reveal everyday life inside the camps.
A curator said the exhibition aims to highlight the dangers of racial profiling, at a time when the issue is at the forefront of U.S. politics. Businessman Donald Trump is leading the race for the Republican nomination despite making derogatory remarks about Mexican immigrants and proposing a ban on Muslims from entering the United States over terrorism fears.
The exhibition will open in February 2017 to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing by President Franklin Roosevelt of an executive order that resulted in the forcible internment by the military of Japanese immigrants and U.S. citizens of Japanese descent during World War II.