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California Alien Land Law Repeal: 65 Years Ago Today, April 17
In 1952, Sei Fujii, lawyer, civil rights activist, and newspaper publisher, stood before the Califo…

Little Tokyo Historical Society • April 17, 2017

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activism Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California civil rights communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Bar Association Japanese hospitals Japanese language newspapers J. Marion Wright Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) land tenure law lawyers Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Historical Society Los Angeles migration newspaper publishing newspapers Sei Fujii social action United States
activism Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California civil rights communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Bar Association Japanese hospitals Japanese language newspapers J. Marion Wright Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) land tenure law lawyers Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Historical Society Los Angeles migration newspaper publishing newspapers Sei Fujii social action United States
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Interview: Judge Maryka Omatsu
Maryka Omatsu was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 1993. It was a time when the Canad…

John Endo Greenaway • April 17, 2015

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activism Bittersweet Passage (book) Canada Canadian Race Relations Foundation (organization) civil rights feminism identity Japanese Canadians judges law lawyers Maryka Omatsu National Association of Japanese Canadians Norman Mineta Redress movement social action Sodan-kai (organization)
activism Bittersweet Passage (book) Canada Canadian Race Relations Foundation (organization) civil rights feminism identity Japanese Canadians judges law lawyers Maryka Omatsu National Association of Japanese Canadians Norman Mineta Redress movement social action Sodan-kai (organization)
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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community
Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 2
Read Part 1 >>Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling  Over the 17 years that he practiced as an att…

Sakura Kato • July 30, 2014

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attorneys California Fred J. Fujioka governments judges law lawyers politics prejudices racism Sylmar United States
attorneys California Fred J. Fujioka governments judges law lawyers politics prejudices racism Sylmar United States
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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community
Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 1
On January 7, 1951, Moto Hayami held her newborn grandson in her arms and prophetically said, &ldqu…

Sakura Kato • July 29, 2014

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442nd Regimental Combat Team aikido California combat Fred J. Fujioka generations judges law lawyers martial arts Sansei Sylmar United States United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team aikido California combat Fred J. Fujioka generations judges law lawyers martial arts Sansei Sylmar United States United States Army
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The JABA Legacy Project: Legal Legends in the Nikkei Community
Rose Ochi: On Selfless Service
“You need to, as an organization or as an individual, find ways to support individuals in the…

Sean Hamamoto • July 29, 2013

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Arkansas civil rights concentration camps lawyers Rohwer concentration camp Rose Ochi United States World War II camps
Arkansas civil rights concentration camps lawyers Rohwer concentration camp Rose Ochi United States World War II camps
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JABA Legal Clinic: Cures and Connections
As the Nikkei Community Intern for the Japanese American Bar Association (JABA) and the Japanese Am…

Sean Hamamoto • July 15, 2013

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada internships law lawyers Nikkei Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre United States volunteerism
British Columbia Burnaby Canada internships law lawyers Nikkei Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre United States volunteerism
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70th Anniversary of the Japanese American/Japanese Canadian Internment: Redress, Remember, Relate – Contrasting the Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment Experiences in Washington D.C. - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> In contrast to Kawakami and Minami’s discussions that focused on th…

Chris Hope • Dec. 27, 2012

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activism civil rights Dale Minami Fred Korematsu Gordon Hirabayashi Hatsumi (film) imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians lawyers Redress movement social action writ of coram nobis
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70th Anniversary of the Japanese American/Japanese Canadian Internment: Redress, Remember, Relate – Contrasting the Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment Experiences in Washington D.C. - Part 1
On November 15, I travelled to Washington D.C. to appear in a panel assembled to commemorate the 70…

Chris Hope • Dec. 20, 2012

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activism civil rights Dale Minami Fred Korematsu Gordon Hirabayashi Hatsumi (film) imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians lawyers Redress movement Rod Kawakami social action World War II writ of coram nobis
activism civil rights Dale Minami Fred Korematsu Gordon Hirabayashi Hatsumi (film) imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians lawyers Redress movement Rod Kawakami social action World War II writ of coram nobis
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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community
Judge Jon Mayeda: The Right Place at the Right Time
Judge Jon Mayeda—a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who currently works with J…

Lawrence Lan • Aug. 7, 2012

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attorneys judges law lawyers
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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community
Judge Vincent Okamoto: Fighting for Justice - Part 2
Rear Part 1 >>  Law School  It was in Vietnam that Okamoto first started thinking…

Lawrence Lan • Aug. 4, 2012

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armed forces attorneys California Japanese American Bar Association judges law lawyers Los Angeles Morio Fukuto retired military personnel United States veterans Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vincent H. Okamoto
armed forces attorneys California Japanese American Bar Association judges law lawyers Los Angeles Morio Fukuto retired military personnel United States veterans Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vincent H. Okamoto
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