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‘Note smiling faces’: The legacy of a photograph

March 28, 2022 | Corinne Chin | Seattle TImes

During the transportation of Japanese Americans to the Minidoka incarceration camp, a news photographer told Mitsuye Yamada and her family to smile for a photograph. The photograph ran on The Seattle Times’ front page on August 14, 1942, and compelled Yamada to write her poem ‘Evacuation’ while in camp. (Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

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Corinne Chin

Corinne Chin is the Director of News Talent for recruitment at the Associated Press, working to build and mentor a competitive, diverse and inclusive newsroom staff across the globe. She… Read More.

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