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Historian Arthur A. Hansen on his latest book, Manzanar Mosaic
Arthur Hansen has spent the past 50 years researching and writing about the World War II Japanese A…

Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 26, 2023

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Arthur A. Hansen California concentration camps Elaine Black Yoneda Harry Y. Ueno Karl G. Yoneda life interviews Manzanar concentration camp Manzanar Mosaic (book) oral histories Sue Kunitomi Embrey Togo W. Tanaka United States World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Lumenø: "The Stygian Box..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 19, 2023

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artists cartoonists cartoons humor
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Layle Lane: Black Woman Educator and Defender of Japanese Americans
One crucial aspect of Nikkei history that has not received due recognition from community chronicle…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 10, 2023

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African Americans Black people black women education Haiti Japanese Americans Layle Lane teachers teaching World War II
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Being Blasian
In the midst of the global pandemic, Sascha Koki discovered something unexpected—her curls. S…

Summer Nakaishi • Feb. 14, 2023

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Asians Black people Blasians culture hapa Hawaii identity Japan racially mixed people Sascha Koki United States
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Black Mermaids and Nikkei Superheroes
The recent uproar over Halle Bailey, a Black actress, playing the Little Mermaid brought back a p…

Alden M. Hayashi • Nov. 3, 2022

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mermaids Spider-Man (fictitious character) stereotypes superheroes
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
“A Deep Collective Feeling”: Emily Akpan, Black-Nikkei Activist Hero
Emily Akpan is a Black-Nikkei activist living in Brooklyn, New York. She has been active in many so…

Tamiko Nimura • March 29, 2022

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activism Black-Nikkei Emily Akpan New York (state) racially mixed people social action Tsuru for Solidarity (organization) United States
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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago
Japanese Affinity with African American Communities—Part 1
Introduction In December 1943, when loyal Japanese Americans were leaving concentration camps and …

Takako Day • Dec. 12, 2021

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African American communities Black Dragon Society Chicago communities generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration United States
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Mika Kurose Rothman: Perspectives from a Third Generation of Family Activists
This is the second article of a two-part interview series. The first part was with Ruthann Kurose (…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • March 31, 2021

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activism Black Lives Matter movement discrimination interpersonal relations Mika Kurose Rothman racism social action
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Tracing the history of Japanese Americans through the relationship with African-American history: Part 4
Read Part 3 >> Los Angeles riots amid systemic racism While efforts to rectify racial discrim…

Masako Miki • Oct. 5, 2020

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1992 Los Angeles riots African Americans Black Americans Black Lives Matter movement Black people Japanese Americans Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, 1992
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Tracing the history of Japanese Americans through the relationship with the history of African-Americans in America: Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Civil Rights and Asian American Movements   In fact, in the 1960s, proble…

Masako Miki • Sept. 28, 2020

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African Americans Asian American movement Black Americans Black Lives Matter movement Black people civil rights civil rights movement Japanese Americans Redress movement
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