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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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Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was the scholar-activist who dedicated herself to researching the wartime removal and confinement of Japanese Americans, and who located the evidence of government …
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the small island nation of Japan—the only time a nuclear …
Read Part 2 >>In December 1960, looking for a bigger home for their six kids, Yuri and Bill moved their family out to a new …
“Study history. Learn about yourselves and others. There’s more commonality in all our lives than we think… There is so much that unites us, which …
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