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Folk Songs Left by the 1970’s Asian American Movement - Part 1
Background and Issue Awareness: YOKOHAMA, CALIFORNIA is the title of an LP record released by Asian…

Minoru Kanda • March 26, 2012

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albums Asian American movement Asian American Musicians Organization California drum identity koto music musical instruments musicians Northern California Peter Horikoshi Roy Hirabayashi San Francisco San Jose taiko United States Yokohama, California (musical group)
albums Asian American movement Asian American Musicians Organization California drum identity koto music musical instruments musicians Northern California Peter Horikoshi Roy Hirabayashi San Francisco San Jose taiko United States Yokohama, California (musical group)
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GIDRA: The Voice of the Asian American Movement
Barefoot Journalism. A three-headed Japanese monster. Youth struggling to define themselves in a so…

Yoshimi Kawashima • Jan. 12, 2012

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activism Asian American movement Drawing the Line (exhibition) Gidra (newspaper) imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum journalism magazines media newspapers social action World War II
activism Asian American movement Drawing the Line (exhibition) Gidra (newspaper) imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum journalism magazines media newspapers social action World War II
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The Accidental Actor: On Location with the Cast and Crew of Infinity and Chashu Ramen
I have spent a great deal of my life trying not to be conspicuous. Maybe it’s the result of m…

Ben Arikawa • Dec. 6, 2011

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Asian American films Ben Arikawa Benkyodo (confectionery store) California confectioneries Facebook films Hiroshi Kashiwagi Japantowns Kerwin Berk movies Northern California online social networks San Francisco social networks United States
Asian American films Ben Arikawa Benkyodo (confectionery store) California confectioneries Facebook films Hiroshi Kashiwagi Japantowns Kerwin Berk movies Northern California online social networks San Francisco social networks United States
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A Heart Without Boundaries - Part 3
Read Part 2 >>In December 1960, looking for a bigger home for their six kids, Yuri and Bill m…

Maya Kochiyama • Aug. 24, 2011

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activism Asian Americans for Action (organization) civil rights discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Malcolm X racism Redress movement social action women World War II camps Yuri Kochiyama
activism Asian Americans for Action (organization) civil rights discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Malcolm X racism Redress movement social action women World War II camps Yuri Kochiyama
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becky nao kicked me so my shins turned purple taunted me daily mimicking my voice becky nao believe…

Yuri Kageyama • Aug. 13, 2011

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Asian Americans literature poetry
Asian Americans literature poetry
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APA Spotlight
Ellen Somekawa, Executive Director, Asian Americans United
Ellen Somekawa is a third-generation Japanese American from Minneapolis. There she was an activist …

Koji Steven Sakai • Aug. 3, 2011

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activism Asian Americans United (organization) civil rights Pennsylvania Philadelphia social action United States
activism Asian Americans United (organization) civil rights Pennsylvania Philadelphia social action United States
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A Grandmother's Legacy
Imagine spending your childhood hearing stories about how your grandmother took over the Statue of …

Krista Chavez • July 28, 2011

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artists Asian American studies authors California Japanese American Community Leadership Council civil rights communities Discover Nikkei internships Nikkei Community Internship Nikkei Student Union (UC Berkeley) Passing It On (book) playwrights Wakako Yamauchi Yuri Kochiyama
artists Asian American studies authors California Japanese American Community Leadership Council civil rights communities Discover Nikkei internships Nikkei Community Internship Nikkei Student Union (UC Berkeley) Passing It On (book) playwrights Wakako Yamauchi Yuri Kochiyama
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APA Spotlight
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, George & Sakaye Aratani Chair, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi is professor in the Asian American Studies Department, and affiliate of the As…

Koji Steven Sakai • July 19, 2011

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Asian American studies ethnic studies Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
Asian American studies ethnic studies Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
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APA Spotlight
Karen Narasaki, President and Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center
Karen K. Narasaki is the President and Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJ…

Koji Steven Sakai • June 23, 2011

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affirmative action Asian American Justice Center (organization) Asian Americans civil rights food lawyers
affirmative action Asian American Justice Center (organization) Asian Americans civil rights food lawyers
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Their Struggles Are Our Struggles - Part 2
>> Part 1Nakamura is a Yonsei with a passion for music, sports, and storytelling. At 30 years…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Jan. 21, 2011

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activism Asian American movement A Song for Ourselves (film) California Center for Asian American Media (organization) communities concentration camps documentaries EthnoCommunications filmmakers films Jake Shimabukuro Manzanar concentration camp pilgrimages Robert Nakamura social action Southern California Tadashi Nakamura United States University of California, Los Angeles World War II camps
activism Asian American movement A Song for Ourselves (film) California Center for Asian American Media (organization) communities concentration camps documentaries EthnoCommunications filmmakers films Jake Shimabukuro Manzanar concentration camp pilgrimages Robert Nakamura social action Southern California Tadashi Nakamura United States University of California, Los Angeles World War II camps
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