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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 American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 4

Read Part 3 >> For the next twenty years, there was little in the way of Japanese American…

Greg Robinson +1 • Feb. 13, 2022

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Throughout the postwar years, up until the late 1960s and 1970s, there was a …

Greg Robinson +1 • Feb. 6, 2022

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The coming of World War II and the mass confinement of West Coast Japanese Am…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 30, 2022

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 1

It is a commonplace that the presence and contributions of racial minorities have been too long and…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 23, 2022

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How Going Backward Helped Me Move Forward

After being born and raised in the Black American community, years ago I had the opportunity to con…

Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels • Jan. 6, 2022

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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago

Japanese Affinity with African American Communities - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Sociologist Tadao Kawamura and the University of Chicago It is…

Takako Day • Dec. 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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Tracing the history of Japanese Americans through the relationship with African-American history: Part 4

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Masako Miki • Oct. 5, 2020

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Layle Lane: Black Woman Educator and Defender of Japanese Americans

African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 4

African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 3

African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 2

African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 1

How Going Backward Helped Me Move Forward

Japanese Affinity with African American Communities - Part 3

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

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

Tracing the history of Japanese Americans through the relationship with African-American history: Part 4