Greg Robinson will be reading from his new book, “A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America,” and autographing copies, from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), 1840 Sutter. St. (between Buchanan and Webster), in San Francisco’s Japantown. This free event is sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society, JCCCNC and the Nichi Bei Foundation. The event is free.

Read an excerpt of Robinson’s book in the Oct. 8-14, 2009 issue of the Nichi Bei Weekly.

By Benny Evangelista
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, September 20, 2009

A group of community leaders and journalists did something seemingly unusual last week – they started a newspaper, the Nichi Bei Weekly.

But while its introduction comes as economic pressures are forcing publications to scale down or close, it also comes at a time when the audience for ethnic media is bigger than ever.

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