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06:4906:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +1,968‎ N Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ‎ Created page with "The '''Civil Liberties Act of 1988'' is a United States federal law that granted reparations and an official apology to Japanese Americans who were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in internment camps during World War II. The act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 10, 1988. The act was a result of decades of efforts by the Japanese American community and its supporters to gain redress for the injustices committed..."
06:4706:47, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,930‎ N William Hohri ‎ Created page with "William Minoru Hohri was a Japanese American activist and community leader who played a pivotal role in the redress movement. He was born on April 18, 1927, in San Francisco, California, and passed away on November 12, 2010, in Torrance, California. Hohri was just 16 years old when the United States government forced him and his family to leave their home and relocate to the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming during World War II. Following his release from the..." current
06:4606:46, 14 February 2023 diff hist −14‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
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06:4106:41, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,735‎ N Hiroto Hirashima ‎ Created page with "Hiroto Hirashima was a prominent Japanese American artist, educator, and community leader. He was born in 1920 in Seattle, Washington, and he passed away in 2012 at the age of 91. Hirashima grew up in a community of Japanese immigrants, many of whom were involved in the fishing industry. During World War II, like many other Japanese Americans, he and his family were forcibly relocated to an internment camp. He was sent to Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho, where h..." current
06:3906:39, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,460‎ N Hiram Kano ‎ Created page with "Hiram Kano was a pioneering Japanese American photographer and cinematographer who made significant contributions to the development of visual media in the early 20th century. Kano was born on September 25, 1889, in Stockton, California, to immigrant parents from Japan. He grew up in California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1915 with a degree in civil engineering. After working as a civil engineer for a few years, Kano developed an intere..." current
06:3706:37, 14 February 2023 diff hist +67‎ m Category:🇺🇸🇯🇵 ‎No edit summary current
06:3606:36, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,436‎ N Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga ‎ Created page with "Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was a Japanese-American activist, researcher, and community leader. Born on July 19, 1924, in Los Angeles, California, Herzig-Yoshinaga is best known for her work in exposing and seeking reparations for the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. During World War II, Herzig-Yoshinaga and her family were forced to leave their home in Los Angeles and were sent to the Manzanar internment camp in California. After th..." current
06:3306:33, 14 February 2023 diff hist +73‎ N Category:Poston ‎ Created page with "An internment camp in WWII. Category: Culture Category: Nikkei"
06:3206:32, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,256‎ N Frances Hashimoto ‎ Created page with "Frances Hashimoto was a Japanese American businesswoman who is known for her contributions to the development of the mochi ice cream industry. She was born on August 16, 1919, in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and died on November 4, 2012, at the age of 93. Hashimoto's family owned a confectionery store in Little Tokyo, and she grew up learning how to make traditional Japanese sweets. After her marriage to Joel Friedman, she became a partner i..." current
06:2806:28, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,599‎ N Marii Hasegawa ‎ Created page with "Marii Hasegawa was a Japanese American activist, writer, and journalist who dedicated her life to advocating for civil rights and social justice. She was born on January 15, 1917, in Los Angeles, California, to immigrant parents from Japan. She passed away on December 5, 1989, in Los Angeles. Hasegawa's parents ran a grocery store in Los Angeles, and she grew up working in the store. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a degree in hi..." current
06:2406:24, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Iwao Takamoto ‎ →‎Awards and Legacy current
06:2406:24, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Wendy Yoshimura ‎No edit summary current
06:2406:24, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Farewell to Manzanar (Movie) ‎No edit summary current
06:2306:23, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Manzanar Pilgrimage ‎No edit summary current
06:2306:23, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Manzanar ‎No edit summary current
06:2306:23, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Frank S. Emi ‎No edit summary current
06:2206:22, 14 February 2023 diff hist +69‎ N Category:Manzanar ‎ Created page with "Internment camp in WWII. Category: Culture Category: Nikkei"
06:2206:22, 14 February 2023 diff hist +20‎ m Larry Shinoda ‎No edit summary
06:2106:21, 14 February 2023 diff hist +23‎ m Henry Hajimu Fujii ‎No edit summary current
06:2106:21, 14 February 2023 diff hist +44‎ m Category:Minidoka ‎No edit summary
06:2006:20, 14 February 2023 diff hist +42‎ N Category:Minidoka ‎ Created page with "Category: Culture Category: Nikkei"
06:2006:20, 14 February 2023 diff hist +24‎ m Paul Chihara ‎No edit summary current
06:1906:19, 14 February 2023 diff hist +87‎ N Category:Heart Mountain ‎ Created page with "One of the Interment Camps in World War II. Category: Culture Category: Nikkei"
06:1806:18, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,880‎ N Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn ‎ Created page with "Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn, also known as Noriko Flynn, was a prominent advocate for the civil rights of Japanese Americans and an activist for peace and justice. Born on December 6, 1926, in Yokohama, Japan, Noriko grew up in an affluent family that valued education and social status. In 1939, at the age of 13, Noriko and her family moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, Noriko and her family were among the 120,000 Japane..." current
06:1606:16, 14 February 2023 diff hist −140‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
05:5705:57, 14 February 2023 diff hist +38‎ m Sue Kunitomi Embrey ‎No edit summary current
05:5705:57, 14 February 2023 diff hist +38‎ m Frank Chuman ‎No edit summary
05:5605:56, 14 February 2023 diff hist +1,237‎ N Category:Order of the Rising Sun ‎ Created page with "The Order of the Rising Sun (旭日章, Kyokujitsu-shō) is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun. The design of the Rising Sun symbolizes energy as powerful as the rising sun in parallel with the "rising sun" concept of Japan ("Land of the Rising Sun"). While..." current
05:5405:54, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,981‎ N Henry Hajimu Fujii ‎ Created page with "Henry Hajimu Fujii was a prominent civil rights leader and community activist in Seattle's Japanese American community during the mid-20th century. Born on May 1, 1909, in Seattle, Washington, Fujii was the son of Japanese immigrants. He grew up in a community that was experiencing significant discrimination and anti-Japanese sentiment, particularly in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. In the 1930s and 1940s, Fujii became increasingly involved in community or..."
05:5005:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,850‎ N Sei Fujii ‎ Created page with "Sei Fujii was a prominent Japanese American attorney and community leader who was instrumental in fighting for the civil rights of Japanese Americans during World War II. He was born on December 12, 1882, in the city of Kagawa, Japan, and died on September 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, California. Fujii immigrated to the United States in 1903, eventually settling in Los Angeles, where he became a successful businessman and a leader in the local Japanese American community...." current
05:4205:42, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,642‎ N Frank S. Emi ‎ Created page with "'''Frank Seishi Emi''' was a Japanese American activist who played a significant role in the Japanese American community during World War II. He was born on January 6, 1916, in Los Angeles, California, to parents who had immigrated from Japan. He grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and attended Roosevelt High School. During World War II, Emi was incarcerated along with thousands of other Japanese Americans in the Manzanar internment camp in Californ..."
05:4005:40, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,899‎ N Sue Kunitomi Embrey ‎ Created page with "Sue Kunitomi Embrey was a Japanese American activist and community leader, best known for her work in preserving the history and memory of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Embrey was born on September 21, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were immigrants from Japan who had settled in the United States, and she grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. During World War II, Embrey and her family were forcibly removed fr..."
05:3705:37, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,783‎ N Frank Chuman ‎ Created page with "Frank Seishi Chuman was a Japanese American author, civil rights activist, and community leader. He was born on March 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, and died on July 31, 2017. Chuman grew up in a Japanese American community in Los Angeles, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he received a degree in political science. After the outbreak of World War II, Chuman and his family were among the approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans w..."
05:3405:34, 14 February 2023 diff hist +38‎ m Fred Korematsu ‎No edit summary current
05:3305:33, 14 February 2023 diff hist +70‎ m Gordon Hirabayashi ‎No edit summary current
05:3205:32, 14 February 2023 diff hist −83‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
05:3005:30, 14 February 2023 diff hist +26‎ m Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom ‎No edit summary current
05:2905:29, 14 February 2023 diff hist +44‎ m Fred Korematsu ‎No edit summary
05:2805:28, 14 February 2023 diff hist +766‎ N Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom ‎ Created page with "The '''Presidential Medal of Freedom''' is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian awa..."
05:2705:27, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,425‎ N Gordon Hirabayashi ‎ Created page with "Gordon Hirabayashi was a Japanese American who became known for his resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II. He was born on April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in a family of farmers. Hirabayashi attended the University of Washington, where he studied sociology and became involved in civil rights activism. During World War II, he refused to comply with the forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans, and instead, he cha..."
05:2405:24, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,810‎ N Koji Ariyoshi ‎ Created page with "'''Koji Ariyoshi''' was a pioneering journalist, writer, and civil rights activist who played a critical role in advancing the cause of Japanese American redress and human rights in the United States. Born on August 19, 1914, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Ariyoshi grew up in a family that placed a high value on education and social justice. After completing high school, Ariyoshi attended the University of Hawaii, where he earned a degree in English in 1936. He then went on to pu..." current
05:2005:20, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,047‎ N Guy Aoki ‎ Created page with "'''Guy Aoki''' is a prominent Japanese American activist and media watchdog, best known for his work advocating for greater representation and diversity in the entertainment industry. Aoki was born on December 25, 1951, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to parents who were incarcerated in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Aoki grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he ear..." current
05:1505:15, 14 February 2023 diff hist +1,352‎ N Karl Ichiro Akiya ‎ Created page with "Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909–2001) was a Japanese-American writer and activist for numerous political and social causes. A labor activist in both the United States and Japan, Akiya was also an intellectual figure in the Japanese-American community. Born in 1909 in San Francisco, California, Akiya spent the early years of his life in Japan, where he was first sent to receive an education at the age of six. Politically conscious since his student years, the staunchly leftist..." current
05:1205:12, 14 February 2023 diff hist −5‎ m Jeff Adachi ‎No edit summary current
05:1205:12, 14 February 2023 diff hist +178‎ m Jeff Adachi ‎ →‎Films
05:1105:11, 14 February 2023 diff hist +20‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
05:1005:10, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,850‎ N Steven Okazaki ‎ Created page with "'''Steven Okazaki''' is an accomplished documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for his films about social justice issues and the experiences of Japanese Americans. He was born on April 7, 1950 in Venice, California, to parents who had been interned during World War II as part of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Okazaki began his career as a documentary filmmaker, exploring issues of race,..." current
05:0305:03, 14 February 2023 diff hist +53‎ m Main Page ‎ →‎ChatGPT Nikkei Top Ten
04:5804:58, 14 February 2023 diff hist +6‎ m Richard Aoki ‎No edit summary current

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