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You could call this a belated birthday message to my mother, Elsie Osajima, who turned 93 this past July. We are fortunate that she is …
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In the late 1960s, a group of Los Angeles Japanese American ex-gang members, many at the time either fresh out of correctional facilities or the …
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In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, which prompted the U.S. government to imprison 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry (two-thirds …
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“You have to keep changing, because what has happened and what you have been a part of is no longer there. The ideas that we …
Back in 1981, VC (Visual Communications) and NCRR, then known as the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations, worked very closely together to record the …
At California State University, Fullerton, I taught history, Asian American studies and American studies courses. My favorite was an American studies offering developed in the …
Best known for his dedication to the Black Panther Party, his leadership in the Asian American Movement as one of the founding members of the …
Thirty years ago from this past Saturday, on June 23, 1982, Vincent Chin died. Four nights earlier, on June 19th, Chin had been celebrating his …
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Read Part 1 >>About Some Songs1. TANFORAN (Is anybody there?)(Horikoshi and Takimoto)This song begins with the sound of knocking at the former Tanforan Assembly Center, …
Background and Issue Awareness: YOKOHAMA, CALIFORNIA is the title of an LP record released by Asian American musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area and …
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