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Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga: The Godmother of the Redress Movement
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was the scholar-activist who dedicated herself to researching the wartime r…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 27, 2018

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activism Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Asian Americans for Action (organization) Redress movement research scholars social action World War II camps
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Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown: During and After the War
Prewar Edition >> A symbol of Seattle's minority culture The International District is lo…

Megumi Matsuzaki +2 • July 19, 2018

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African Americans Asian Americans central business districts Chinese Americans communities downtown International District Japantowns postwar Seattle United States war Washington World War II
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Complicat(i)ng the 'mosaic' of history
This impressive volume, published at the semi-centennial of Asian American studies, serves admira…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • June 29, 2018

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Asian American studies David K. Yoo Eiichiro Azuma history
Asian American studies David K. Yoo Eiichiro Azuma history
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Marvel Comics’ New Editor-in-Chief Once Pretended to be Japanese
OK, now I’ve heard everything. It’s enough that for the past few years, we’ve had…

Guy Aoki • Dec. 29, 2017

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Ann Curry Asian Americans Fresh Off the Boat (TV) Japanese language newspapers Marvel Comics media newspapers Rafu Shimpo (newspaper)
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A historical survey of Asian Americans in the Heartland
In 2009, I published an article about Japanese Americans in the Interior West, a field earlier pi…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 22, 2017

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Asian Americans book reviews communities Detroit Japanese Americans Michigan Midwest Region (U.S.) resettlements reviews United States Vincent Chin
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The Story Behind that YELLOW BROTHERHOOD Shirt
In the late 1960s, a group of Los Angeles Japanese American ex-gang members, many at the time eithe…

Erik Matsunaga • Sept. 19, 2017

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1960s 1970s Asian American movement California gangs generations Los Angeles Sansei United States Yellow Brotherhood (organization)
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George Takei is the Energizer Bunny of the JA community
Like many people, and especially many Japanese Americans, I’m a big fan of George Takei. I&rs…

Gil Asakawa • Aug. 7, 2017

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acting activism actors Allegiance (play) artists Asian Americans entertainers George Takei Gil Asakawa human rights Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) LGBTQ+ New Frontiers (exhibition) people social action Star Trek
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Finding Asian American Family Histories: Genealogist Marisa Louie Lee
“I will never forget seeing my great-grandfather’s photograph in his immigration case f…

Darryl Mori • July 17, 2017

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Asian Americans family histories genealogy immigration Marisa Louie Lee
Asian Americans family histories genealogy immigration Marisa Louie Lee
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A “Powerful” (and “Critical”) Case for the Asian American Movement
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, which prompted …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • March 22, 2017

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activism Asian American movement Asian Americans book reviews films Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Jim Matsuoka Karen L. Ishizuka Muslim Americans racism reviews Serve the People (book) social action
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Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the small island nati…

Karen Ishizuka • Aug. 12, 2016

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activism Asian Americans for Action (organization) Barack Obama Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kyushu Michio Kaku Mike Murase Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture peace presidents social action United States World War II
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