Cascade of History - Ep. 38: Frank Abe and the John Okada Centennial

Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is author, historian and playwright Frank Abe, who’s devoted much of the past four decades to studying, writing about, and creating public programs about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II - and who is hosting a series of programs this autumn at the Seattle Public Library marking the centennial of the birth of author John Okada. Also, we hear installment two from the 1951 vintage Chief Sealth episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage”; and, a recap of the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference held in Seattle on September 23, including an anecdote about the one and only observance of Cherry Grove Day. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 24, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.