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How Little Tokyo and Nisei Week Began

Our ancestors came from Japan, the land of the rising sun. By blood, we are Japanese, and our cultu…

Yukio Kawaratani • Oct. 5, 2024

Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California festivals Japanese Americans land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Grand Parade (event) parades United States

The Angel Island Story of Kane Mineta, Norman Mineta’s mother

Americans know Norman Mineta as the first Asian American in a presidential cabinet, when he was sec…

Grant Din • April 13, 2018

Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws Angel Island (Calif.) brides California land tenure law migration Norman Mineta picture brides United States wives

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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Japanese Hospital: Keeping the Community Healthy

Beginning in the late 19th century, boosters of Los Angeles touted the region’s sunshine and mild c…

Michael Okamura +2 • April 7, 2017

Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws architects Boyle Heights California communities generations health hospitals immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese hospitals J. Marion Wright Kikuwo Tashiro land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration postwar prewar Sei Fujii United States United States Supreme Court World War II Yos Hirose (architect)

Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II

Mantsuchi and Sojuro Nakamura: Japanese Immigrant Farmers in California’s Central Valley

Mantsuchi Nakamura was born on February 27, 1877 in Hiroamachi, a small village in Yamaguchi-ken …

Grant Din • April 15, 2015

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

There Wasn’t Anything to Be Afraid of In Those Days – Profile of Aiko Owashi

Aiko Owashi, like so many Nisei women, begins an interview with the claim that her life is not inte…

Japanese American National Museum • June 16, 2014

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A Century Ago: Dawning of A New Year in 1914 - Part 1 of 2

A century ago, the New Year in 1914 brought both promise and uncertainty for Japanese pioneers in C…

Mary Adams Urashima • March 19, 2014

1910s Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California Charles Furuta farms generations Huntington Beach immigrants immigration Issei Japan land tenure law migration Orange County Southern California United States Wintersburg

Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Author Mark H. Rawitsch: More Than Just a House

“I won’t sell. You can murder me, you can throw me into the sea, and I won’t sell.” Mr. Jukichi …

Edward Yoshida • July 17, 2013

Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws authors books California California v. Harada citizenship discrimination generations Harada House immigrants immigration interpersonal relations Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Jukichi Harada land tenure law library materials Mark H. Rawitsch migration postwar prewar publications Riverside The House on Lemon Street (book) United States United States Supreme Court World War II

The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 6 of 6

Read Part 5 >> At the close of our interview, I put this question to Sue. “You said it’s been, or i…

Arthur A. Hansen • March 25, 2013

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The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 4 of 6

Read Part 3 >> Before I pursue that matter, however, I would like to say a few words about one topi…

Arthur A. Hansen • March 11, 2013

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