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The French Connection: What Newspapers in Wartime France Said About Japanese Americans

The story of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans is not only a part of U.S. history, bu…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 8, 2021

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The 48-Star American Flags travel to Heart Mountain, Topaz, and Honolulu

On July 5, 2021, I flew down early in the morning from San Jose for a flag signing event at the Gar…

Johnny Cepeda Gogo • Oct. 26, 2021

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Bruce Harrell — ‘Love Has Been the Fuel in My Tank’ - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What was the key inspiration for you to first run for office on the Seattle C…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Sept. 7, 2021

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Bruce Harrell — ‘Love Has Been the Fuel in My Tank’ - Part 1

Bruce Harrell, former Seattle City Council member for twelve years (2007-2019), has rare life exper…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Sept. 6, 2021

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Finding My Way Home

When I was in my twenties, struggling to find my way through life, I very much identified as a gay …

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 31, 2021

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Jungle Fighters: How U.S. Soldiers Beat the Odds On Dangerous Secret Mission

Far from the battlefields of Europe and Africa, another war was brewing in 1943 in the thick, remot…

Jennifer Benitz • July 29, 2021

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Japanese American Soldiers in World War II Fought the Axis Abroad and Racial Prejudice at Home

Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under a…

Susan H. Kamei • June 18, 2021

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Issei Mothers Played an Important—and Largely Forgotten—Role in the Japanese American Draft Resistance Movement

The resistance of nearly 300 young men who refused to be drafted into the U.S. military out of U.S.…

Nina Nobuko Wallace • May 9, 2021

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The Return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945 and the Challenges of Starting Over

In late October 1945, Kimiko Keimi and her thirteen-year-old son Harold “Hal” Keimi lef…

Kristen Hayashi • March 26, 2021

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Farms of the Future: The Work of Laurence I. Hewes, Jr. - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The incarceration experience left a deep impression on Hewes. He later recoun…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 22, 2021

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