Born Free and Equal:
The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans
Contributor: Sue Kunitomi Embrey
Spotted Dog Press, Inc. publisher Wynne Benti with Sue Embrey at the Manzanar High School Reunion in Las Vegas, 2002
Sue Kunitomi Embrey was born and raised in Los Angeles until her family's relocation to Manzanar on May 9, 1942. While interned at Manzanar she wove camouflage nets for the war effort, and later, worked at the camp newspaper, The Manzanar Free Press. She graduated from California State University, with a B.A. in English, and received her Masters in Education from the University of Southern California. She co-founded the Manzanar Committee and has served as Chairperson Emeritus, Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission.
She is a board member on the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation Advisory Board, the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California and the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco. Ms. Embrey retired in 1994 from the Los Angeles Unified School District.