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Going To Court For Japanese Internment Story

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Maybe you don't generally visit federal courthouses for art displays, but here's your chance. 

The Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene is the temporary home to art showcasing a dark moment in American history: the sentencing of Japanese-Americans to prison camps, including one at Tule Lake. 

A display called "The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake" hangs and stands in the courthouse through November 22nd. 

Federal Judge Anne Aiken pushed for the display; she joins us with the reasons.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.