Through a Diamond: Celebrating the Legacy of Japanese American Baseball
The National Japanese American Baseball Exhibit is created by a partnership between the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the Nisei Baseball Research Project.
Through this traveling exhibit, we want to celebrate the legacy of the Japanese American baseball pioneers who paved the way for the current baseball stars from Japan, and to show how Japanese American Baseball helped to heal our community and enhanced diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan. We also want to celebrate the athletic achievements of Japanese and Japanese Americans, and to create a new narrative that Asians and Asian Americans can become, and many already are, world-class athletes. Additionally, we hope to gently educate the American public about Japanese American history so that there will be less prejudice and discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States.
About the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP)
Founded in 1929 with nearly 100 chapters across 35 states, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. JACL's ongoing mission is to secure and maintain the civil rights of Japanese Americans and all others who are victimized by injustice and bigotry. The leaders and members of the JACL also work to promote cultural, educational, and social values and preserve the heritage and legacy of the Japanese American community.
The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit organization founded to preserve the history of Japanese American baseball.
For more information, please visit: www.JA-Baseball.org
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Campus:
- Central Library, Jesse H. Jones
- Age Group:
- All Ages
- Categories:
- Exhibit