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Emi,Frank

Speaking out in camp

(1916-2010) draft resister, helped form the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee

McKenna,Sabrina Shizue

Not coming out at work until 1991

(b. 1957) Jusice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Yamano,Jane Aiko

Having patience in Japan, being both

(b.1964) California-born business woman in Japan. A successor of her late grandmother, who started a beauty business in Japan.

Tashima,A. Wallace

Early Childhood

(b. 1934) The First Japanese American Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. 

Funai,Kazuo

Coming to America (Japanese)

(1900-2005) Issei businessman

Yonezawa,Yoshihito

Grandchild That Is Interested in Japan (Japanese)

(b. 1930) Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai President

Hohri,William

Trying to get back into camp

(1927-2010) Political Activist

Hoshiyama,Fred Y.

Starting a YMCA program in camp

(1914–2015) Nisei YMCA and Japanese American community leader

Houston,Jeanne Wakatsuki

Documenting family history for future generations

(b. 1934) Writer

Hirabayashi,James

Testing assumptions of Japanese scholars

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

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