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The graffiti reads "The purpose of government should not be to keep people from achieving anything," to which it seems another person added on "Truth."

Grade school students who were affected by the disaster were asked to share their vision of the recovery after the earthquake and tsunami. It was clear that the children were very hopeful of their future.

Translation of the inscription:

To the fallen victims of the September 17, 1939 Soviet aggression murdered in the East
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Nation
September 17, 1995

Translated by Pawel A. Slabiak

The monument depicts hands in shackles, like the shackles of slavery that African Americans have risen from.

Grade school students who were affected by the disaster were asked to share their vision of the recovery after the earthquake and tsunami. It was clear that the children were very hopeful of their future.

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

The African American Family Monument was dedicated in 2002, and stands on River Street. It has an inscription by Maya Angelou, however, the last line in that inscription was not written by Angelou herself. There was a lot of controversy about this…

This folklore exhibit, located at the Sendai Mediatheque, showcases the history of natural disaster in Japan as told in folklore style stories.

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

The Mercer Williams, more recently made famous as the house in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, was owned by John Williams, who restored over 50 houses in the Savannah area. Today the house offers guided tours.