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DESCRIPTION:Min Yasui was a young Nisei attorney in Oregon during World War
  II when  he violated the military curfew imposed upon all persons of Japa
 nese  ancestry in order to bring a test case to court. He lost that case i
 n  the U.S. Supreme Court\, but nearly 40 years later he reopened it as pa
 rt  of the coram nobis litigation brought by young Sansei attorneys in  19
 83. Yasui was not only a key player in both of those eras\, but also an  o
 utspoken\, deeply committed activist all his life\, working tirelessly  fo
 r the human and civil rights of all people.\n\nThis presentation and panel
  discussion will include film clips\,  photographs\, and documents illustr
 ating Yasui&rsquo\;s life and times. Featured  participants are Yasui&rsqu
 o\;s colleague\, attorney Peggy Nagae\; his youngest  daughter\, Holly Yas
 ui\; and documentary filmmaker Janice Tanaka\, who will  serve as moderato
 r.\n\n<em>Co-sponsored by the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.</
 em>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>For more up-to-date information about this
  event and others\, please visit the Japanese American National Museum's e
 vents page: <a href="http://www.janm.org/events/#27">http://www.janm.org/e
 vents/#27</a> </strong>
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SUMMARY:The Life and Times of Minoru Yasui
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