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Read part 1 >> Schooling in Chicago At the end of World War II, many Japanese Americans resettled in places like Chicago, as they tried …
At modern-day 821 North La Salle Street, in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, few people today could possibly imagine that here at this site …
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Akio “Lawrence” Nakagawa, a Kibei from the Sacramento Delta region, was interned at the Topaz, Utah camp. Answering the loyalty question “No-No,” he was transferred …
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The second part of this series will tell the story of another fascinating individual with a tremendous contribution to Japanese American history. Shigeru “John” Nitta …
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I don’t remember ever having seen my birth certificate until I needed it for my application for graduate school. When it arrived, the most surprising …
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アメリカへの移民1世の足跡をまとめた「米國日系人百年史」を、北部加州(北部カリフォルニア州)からほぼ州別に読み直してきたこのシリーズもいよいよ最終回…
中央北部三州とは、ミネソタ(Minnesota)、南ダコタ(South Dakota)、北ダコタ(North Dakota)の三州を指している。百年…
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