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When I attended college at UC Riverside closing in on five decades ago, I took a sociology class on Japanese Americans and World War II. …
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Read Part 1 >> When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, how was your family impacted? On December 7th, a lot of …
Norman Mineta is well-known and admired for his many notable achievements, among them being the first person to serve as a cabinet member under both …
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"I don’t like the word H-A-T-E. I don’t use it,” says Norman Mineta. Even if it’s a matter of a dislike for carrots, the former …
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Americans know Norman Mineta as the first Asian American in a presidential cabinet, when he was secretary of commerce under President Bill Clinton, secretary of …
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Maryka Omatsu was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 1993. It was a time when the Canadian judiciary was composed of few women …
You know, this evening I was originally supposed to speak here tonight in a conversation with Senator Daniel K. Inouye. But as all of us …
Read Part 1 >>REDRESSFor Norm Mineta, passing redress is still his most satisfying achievement in Congress. The formal push came when the National Japanese American …
When Norman Yoshio Mineta looks back on his life, he shakes his head and wonders how a little kid from San Jose wound up in …
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