User contributions for Saren

05:3305:33, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,347‎ N Aki Kurose ‎ Created page with "'''Aki Kurose''' was a Japanese American educator, community activist, and civil rights leader who dedicated her life to fighting for social justice and education for all. Kurose was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 8, 1915. She was the daughter of Japanese immigrant parents and grew up in a predominantly Japanese American neighborhood in Seattle. After completing her education, Kurose became a teacher and worked in various schools in the Seattle area. She was a..." current
05:3105:31, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,451‎ N Kiyoshi Kuromiya ‎ Created page with "Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000) was an American civil rights activist, writer, and journalist who was a leading figure in the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS movements. He was also an important activist in the movement for Japanese American redress and reparations. Born in a concentration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II, Kuromiya was raised by his mother in Los Angeles after his father was imprisoned in a separate internment camp. As a young man, he became involved in t..." current
05:2805:28, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1,879‎ N Emi Koyama ‎ Created page with "'''Emi Koyama''' is a Japanese-born, US-based writer, activist, and artist known for their work on issues related to gender, race, and sex work. Koyama was born on December 10, 1969, in Kobe, Japan, and later migrated to the United States. Koyama is a prolific writer, having published numerous articles and essays on topics related to transgender issues, sex work, and anti-oppression politics. They are perhaps best known for their work on the concept of "transmisogyny,"..." current
05:2605:26, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,397‎ N Tsuyako Kitashima ‎ Created page with "Tsuyako Kitashima was a Japanese American who became a prominent figure in the redress movement for Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II. She was born on December 25, 1913, in Seattle, Washington, and died on June 6, 2006, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, Kitashima was forcibly removed from her home and incarcerated in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp in California. After the war, she and..." current
05:2405:24, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,104‎ N Sen Katayama ‎ Created page with "'''Sen Katayama''' was a Japanese American political activist, labor leader, and Marxist theorist. He was born on November 25, 1859, in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan and died on April 22, 1933, in New York City. Katayama was an active participant in the Japanese socialist movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1883, he moved to Tokyo to work as a teacher and became involved in the socialist movement. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic..." current
05:2005:20, 15 February 2023 diff hist −98‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
05:1805:18, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,147‎ N Mineo Katagiri ‎ Created page with "'''Mineo Katagiri''' was a prominent activist and community leader who fought for the rights of Japanese Americans during and after World War II. He was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1918, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child. During World War II, Katagiri and his family were forcibly removed from their home and sent to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, one of the many internment camps set up for Japanese Americans. While in the..." current
05:1405:14, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,282‎ N Lincoln Kanai ‎ Created page with "Lincoln Kanai was a Japanese American activist and lawyer known for his work in advocating for the civil rights of Japanese Americans. He was born in California on May 13, 1920, to parents who were immigrants from Japan. He spent most of his childhood in California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1942. During World War II, Kanai was forcibly removed from his home and sent to a Japanese American internment camp in Topaz, Utah. After being rel..." current
05:1205:12, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1,980‎ N Ayako Ishigaki ‎ Created page with "Ayako Ishigaki was a Japanese American community activist and survivor of the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. She was born in Seattle, Washington in 1915 and grew up in the city's Nihonmachi, or Japantown, neighborhood. In 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Ishigaki and her family were forcibly removed from their home and sent to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho. While at the camp, Ishigaki worked as a nurse's aide and taught..." current
05:1005:10, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,026‎ N Kazu Iijima ‎ Created page with "'''Kazu Iijima''' was a Japanese American activist and community leader. Born in Seattle, Washington on May 29, 1914, Iijima was the second of six children. His parents had immigrated from Japan and operated a small grocery store in Seattle. Iijima grew up in a community that faced discrimination and racism, but he was determined to make a positive impact. He attended the University of Washington, where he became involved in student government and other extracurricular..."
05:0705:07, 15 February 2023 diff hist −4‎ m Chris Iijima ‎No edit summary current
05:0605:06, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1‎ m Chris Iijima ‎No edit summary
05:0605:06, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,015‎ N Chris Iijima ‎ Created page with "'''Chris Iijima''' was a Japanese American activist, songwriter, and musician who was born on November 30, 1948, in New York City. He is known for his contributions to the Asian American movement through his music and political activism. Iijima grew up in a working-class family in New York City, and he became interested in music and political activism during his college years. Along with his friends and fellow activists Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto and Charlie Chin, he formed..."
04:5604:56, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,438‎ N Paul Igasaki ‎ Created page with "Paul Igasaki is a prominent Japanese American civil rights leader, born on May 4, 1953, in a Japanese American internment camp in Arkansas. He is known for his advocacy work for the rights of Asian Americans and other minority groups in the United States. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1978, Igasaki began his legal career working as a staff attorney at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where he worked on a number of ca..." current

06:4906:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +1‎ m Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ‎No edit summary current
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
06:4406:44, 14 February 2023 diff hist −130‎ m Category:Civil Rights Activists ‎No edit summary
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

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