Description:
Mid-Columbia region history mirrors common American West multiracial narratives, but with important nuances. In the third Hanford Histories volume, four scholars draw from oral histories to focus on the experiences of non-white groups such as the Wanapum, Chinese immigrants, World War II Japanese incarcerees, and African American migrant workers from the South, whose lives were deeply impacted by the Hanford Site. Linked in ways they likely could not know, each group resisted the segregation and discrimination they encountered, and in the process, challenged the region's dominant racial norms.
Brief description:
Robert Franklin is the Hanford History Project Assistant Director and Lecturer in the Washington State University Tri-Cities History Department. He received his MA in Public History from Washington State University, and specializes in U.S. history, historic preservation, and archival science.
Review Quotes:
"The authors make great use of oral histories, and they deserve much credit for amplifying Native American, Japanese American, and African American voices."
--Pacific Historical Review