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Ethnic diversity
(b.1926) Democratic politician and three-term Governor of Hawai'i

Christian gatherings in homes
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Not bringing shame to family
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Role of the Japanese American National Museum
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Being ordered to keep a diary that was later confiscated, ostensibly by the FBI
Hawaiian Nisei who served in World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Racial make-up of plantation camps
An expert researcher and scholar on Japanese immigrant clothing.

Mr. Finch, godfather of the 442nd
(1922–2014) Political and civil rights activist.

Learning American cooking
(b.1909) Nisei from Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake and Minidoka during WWII. Resettled in Chicago after WWII

442 soldiers visiting U.S. concentration camps
(b. 1924) Political scientist, educator, and administrator from Hawai`i

Teaching at the military language school during World War II
(b. 1924) Political scientist, educator, and administrator from Hawai`i

Change in attitudes after World War II
(b. 1924) Political scientist, educator, and administrator from Hawai`i

Japanese American community life
(b. 1939) Japanese American painter, printmaker & professor

Her early life in Canada
(b.1912) Japanese Canadian Issei. Immigrated with husband to Canada in 1931


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