At a talk this Wednesday, Regina Boone will share the amazing story she’s uncovered about her Japanese-American grandfather’s harrowing journey after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

“Afternoon Conversations: Experiences of Tsuruju Miyazaki” will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Phillips-Dawson House, 137 Bank St.

The talk is the latest in a series of “Afternoon Conversations.” This partnership between Suffolk Public Library and the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society allows for discussions on regional history and other local topics of interest.

Boone is a staff photojournalist at Richmond Free Press, after nearly 14 years at Detroit Free Press in Michigan. She is also a Knight Wallace Fellowship recipient, an award given to accomplished journalists at the University of Michigan.

Boone’s presentation will introduce attendees to Tsuruju Miyazaki, her grandfather and the owner of the original Horseshoe Café in Suffolk.

Her research revealed that her grandfather was one of two Japanese-Americans arrested in Suffolk shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. The other was one of his employees at the café.

They were among more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans living in the United States at that time who were ripped away from their loved ones. Miyazaki was taken from his beloved Leathia Boone, a black Suffolk native, and their two children, Gerald and Raymond Boone.

Raymond Boone was Regina Boone’s father. The Suffolk native, former Suffolk News-Herald journalist and the founder and publisher of the Richmond Free Press died from pancreatic cancer in 2014.

Before he died, Raymond asked Regina to find out what she could about the man who raised him, the man who was taken from Raymond when he was just a boy.

She will share what she’s uncovered on Wednesday at this free, public presentation at the Phillips-Dawson House. She will also describe her own journey in pursuit of truth within this dark chapter of U.S. history and the unfortunate similarities found in today’s world.

“I will share this story and my journey, and talk about my father and my grandfather,” Boone said in a phone interview. “Just the pieces that I’ve put together, what I’ve learned about Suffolk and the story’s relevancy in what’s going on in the world today.”

The presentation is free and open to the public. There will be time for questions after the presentation, as well.

Visit suffolkpubliclibrary.com for more information on the Wednesday talk.