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DESCRIPTION:Under the stewardship of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum\, th
 e National  Historic Landmark Harada House is among the most significant a
 nd powerful civil  rights landmarks in California. This site and the story
  of the Harada family  embody local\, state\, national\, and international
  issues of civil and individual  rights\, democracy\, immigration\, assimi
 lation\, and citizenship.\n\nReading the Walls: The Struggle of the Harada
 s\, a Japanese American Family  tells the nearly 100 year history of one i
 mmigrant Japanese family and their  quest for the American Dream. That dre
 am was partly fulfilled when their  ownership of the home\, bought by fami
 ly patriarch Jukichi Harada in the names of  his American-born children\, 
 was contested in court in the landmark State of  California vs. Jukichi Ha
 rada\, et al. The Riverside County Superior Court upheld  the children&rsq
 uo\;s ownership under the 14th Amendment of the United States  Constitutio
 n\, essentially proclaiming that as natural-born citizens of America  they
  had every right to own property.\n\nUntil 1941\, the Haradas prospered\, 
 operating a series of restaurants and  boarding houses in Riverside. Jukic
 hi Harada and his wife Ken watched proudly as  their seven children grew a
 nd worked and went to school and began families of  their own. The realiza
 tion of their dream was shattered in the aftermath of  Pearl Harbor and th
 e advent of World War II. With the signing of Executive Order  9066 by Pre
 sident Franklin Roosevelt\, 120\,000 Japanese Americans were  dispossessed
  of property and stripped of their civil rights.\n\nTheir story is a Calif
 ornia story and a truly American story. It is a saga of  hardship and stru
 ggle to achieve the American promise of freedom\, citizenship\,  and a bet
 ter life.&nbsp\;\n\nSource: &nbsp\;http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/exhib
 it-10.asp
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SUMMARY:Reading the Walls:  The Struggles of the Haradas\, a Japanese Ameri
 can Family
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