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Being Denied as a Japanese American Lawyer
(b. 1934) The First Japanese American Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.


Discrimination faced in San Francisco (Japanese)
(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

Father’s Optimism
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

Tanforan Assembly Center
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

Father making shell brooches at Topaz
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

The Dopey bank that survived the war
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

Accepted by Japanese society as I learned more Japanese (Japanese)
(b. 1979) Sansei Nikkei Brazilian who lives in Oizumi-machi in Gunma prefecture. He runs his own design studio.

Her brother’s reasons as a No-No Boy
(b. 1923) Japanese American poet, activist

Neighbor took care of her mother after grandfather was taken by FBI
Sansei judge on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California

Understanding anti black racism in high school
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney

Racial discrimination prepared her in becoming the first transgender trial lawyer
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney
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