Quiet Americans
@quietamericans.com
Uncovering Japanese American stories: History. Injustice. Resistance. Achievements. Remembering those who built, fought, and endured.
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Quiet Americans
@quietamericans.com
· Jul 13
Welcome to Quiet Americans.
We tell stories of Japanese American history — injustice, resilience, and resistance.
Inspired by Claude Akira Mimaki, a Nisei soldier who rarely spoke of his WWII incarceration or Army service, we’re here to make sure it’s heard.
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We tell stories of Japanese American history — injustice, resilience, and resistance.
Inspired by Claude Akira Mimaki, a Nisei soldier who rarely spoke of his WWII incarceration or Army service, we’re here to make sure it’s heard.
quietamericans.com
He never stopped believing in a Constitution that refused to believe in him.
Forty years later, the courts finally did.
🔗 quietamericans.com/fred-korematsu
#QuietAmericans #FredKorematsu
Forty years later, the courts finally did.
🔗 quietamericans.com/fred-korematsu
#QuietAmericans #FredKorematsu
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
He never stopped believing in a Constitution that refused to believe in him.
Forty years later, the courts finally did.
🔗 quietamericans.com/fred-korematsu
#QuietAmericans #FredKorematsu
Forty years later, the courts finally did.
🔗 quietamericans.com/fred-korematsu
#QuietAmericans #FredKorematsu
During WWII, the field of dreams was surrounded by barbed wire.
November 10, 2005 — Arizona Governor Napolitano proclaimed Zenimura Day, honoring the man who built a baseball field inside the camp, so that incarcerees could still play and enjoy America’s game.
🔗 quietamericans.com/zenimura-day
November 10, 2005 — Arizona Governor Napolitano proclaimed Zenimura Day, honoring the man who built a baseball field inside the camp, so that incarcerees could still play and enjoy America’s game.
🔗 quietamericans.com/zenimura-day
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
During WWII, the field of dreams was surrounded by barbed wire.
November 10, 2005 — Arizona Governor Napolitano proclaimed Zenimura Day, honoring the man who built a baseball field inside the camp, so that incarcerees could still play and enjoy America’s game.
🔗 quietamericans.com/zenimura-day
November 10, 2005 — Arizona Governor Napolitano proclaimed Zenimura Day, honoring the man who built a baseball field inside the camp, so that incarcerees could still play and enjoy America’s game.
🔗 quietamericans.com/zenimura-day
A memorial for those who believed in the country that didn’t believe in them.
November 9, 2000: The National Japanese American Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
It honors 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans, and thousands who still fought for the U.S.
🔗 quietamericans.com/nja-memorial
November 9, 2000: The National Japanese American Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
It honors 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans, and thousands who still fought for the U.S.
🔗 quietamericans.com/nja-memorial
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A memorial for those who believed in the country that didn’t believe in them.
November 9, 2000: The National Japanese American Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
It honors 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans, and thousands who still fought for the U.S.
🔗 quietamericans.com/nja-memorial
November 9, 2000: The National Japanese American Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
It honors 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans, and thousands who still fought for the U.S.
🔗 quietamericans.com/nja-memorial
One of the most celebrated contemporary British authors was born in Nagasaki.
November 8, 1954 — Writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who has been awarded numerous major literary prizes including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Japan.
#KazuoIshiguro #NobelPrize #JapaneseBritish #Literature
November 8, 1954 — Writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who has been awarded numerous major literary prizes including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Japan.
#KazuoIshiguro #NobelPrize #JapaneseBritish #Literature
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
One of the most celebrated contemporary British authors was born in Nagasaki.
November 8, 1954 — Writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who has been awarded numerous major literary prizes including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Japan.
#KazuoIshiguro #NobelPrize #JapaneseBritish #Literature
November 8, 1954 — Writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who has been awarded numerous major literary prizes including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Japan.
#KazuoIshiguro #NobelPrize #JapaneseBritish #Literature
He made history in both the House and the Senate, and he only needed one hand to do it.
Nov 6, 1962 — Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate, decades after losing his arm in WWII.
Full story: quietamericans.com/daniel-inouye
#QuietAmericans #WWII #DanielInouye
Nov 6, 1962 — Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate, decades after losing his arm in WWII.
Full story: quietamericans.com/daniel-inouye
#QuietAmericans #WWII #DanielInouye
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
He made history in both the House and the Senate, and he only needed one hand to do it.
Nov 6, 1962 — Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate, decades after losing his arm in WWII.
Full story: quietamericans.com/daniel-inouye
#QuietAmericans #WWII #DanielInouye
Nov 6, 1962 — Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate, decades after losing his arm in WWII.
Full story: quietamericans.com/daniel-inouye
#QuietAmericans #WWII #DanielInouye
Nov 4, 1943 — Protests broke out at Tule Lake War Relocation Center over food and unfair treatment. Project Director Raymond Best panicked and called in the U.S. Army. Tanks. Machine guns. Martial law.
A prison inside a prison was born.
#QuietAmericans #TuleLake
A prison inside a prison was born.
#QuietAmericans #TuleLake
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nov 4, 1943 — Protests broke out at Tule Lake War Relocation Center over food and unfair treatment. Project Director Raymond Best panicked and called in the U.S. Army. Tanks. Machine guns. Martial law.
A prison inside a prison was born.
#QuietAmericans #TuleLake
A prison inside a prison was born.
#QuietAmericans #TuleLake
Born on this day, Ralph Lazo wasn’t Japanese American.
But when his classmates were sent to Manzanar, he refused to let them go alone.
For two years, he lived behind barbed wire — not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
🔗 quietamericans.com/ralph-lazo
#QuietAmericans #RalphLazo #Manzanar
But when his classmates were sent to Manzanar, he refused to let them go alone.
For two years, he lived behind barbed wire — not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
🔗 quietamericans.com/ralph-lazo
#QuietAmericans #RalphLazo #Manzanar
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Born on this day, Ralph Lazo wasn’t Japanese American.
But when his classmates were sent to Manzanar, he refused to let them go alone.
For two years, he lived behind barbed wire — not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
🔗 quietamericans.com/ralph-lazo
#QuietAmericans #RalphLazo #Manzanar
But when his classmates were sent to Manzanar, he refused to let them go alone.
For two years, he lived behind barbed wire — not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
🔗 quietamericans.com/ralph-lazo
#QuietAmericans #RalphLazo #Manzanar
November 1, 1941: A month before Pearl Harbor, U.S. Army secretly formed the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) to train soldiers in Japanese.
Thousands of Nisei linguists went on to serve in silence, saving countless lives and shortening the war by years.
🔗 quietamericans.com/mis
#MIS #WWII
Thousands of Nisei linguists went on to serve in silence, saving countless lives and shortening the war by years.
🔗 quietamericans.com/mis
#MIS #WWII
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
November 1, 1941: A month before Pearl Harbor, U.S. Army secretly formed the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) to train soldiers in Japanese.
Thousands of Nisei linguists went on to serve in silence, saving countless lives and shortening the war by years.
🔗 quietamericans.com/mis
#MIS #WWII
Thousands of Nisei linguists went on to serve in silence, saving countless lives and shortening the war by years.
🔗 quietamericans.com/mis
#MIS #WWII
Topaz closed on Oct 31, 1945.
One of its incarcerees, Mitsuye Endo, helped make that happen.
Her case went to the Supreme Court.
She won.
The camps closed.
👉 quietamericans.com/topaz
👉 quietamericans.com/california-fires-400
#OnThisDay #QuietAmericans #MitsuyeEndo #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Topaz
One of its incarcerees, Mitsuye Endo, helped make that happen.
Her case went to the Supreme Court.
She won.
The camps closed.
👉 quietamericans.com/topaz
👉 quietamericans.com/california-fires-400
#OnThisDay #QuietAmericans #MitsuyeEndo #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Topaz
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Topaz closed on Oct 31, 1945.
One of its incarcerees, Mitsuye Endo, helped make that happen.
Her case went to the Supreme Court.
She won.
The camps closed.
👉 quietamericans.com/topaz
👉 quietamericans.com/california-fires-400
#OnThisDay #QuietAmericans #MitsuyeEndo #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Topaz
One of its incarcerees, Mitsuye Endo, helped make that happen.
Her case went to the Supreme Court.
She won.
The camps closed.
👉 quietamericans.com/topaz
👉 quietamericans.com/california-fires-400
#OnThisDay #QuietAmericans #MitsuyeEndo #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Topaz
The largest mass trial in U.S. history was one of the biggest failures of justice.
Oct 30, 1944 — Sixty-three Japanese American draft resisters from Heart Mountain stood trial for refusing to serve while their families were locked up in concentration camps.
quietamericans.com/heart-mounta...
Oct 30, 1944 — Sixty-three Japanese American draft resisters from Heart Mountain stood trial for refusing to serve while their families were locked up in concentration camps.
quietamericans.com/heart-mounta...
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The largest mass trial in U.S. history was one of the biggest failures of justice.
Oct 30, 1944 — Sixty-three Japanese American draft resisters from Heart Mountain stood trial for refusing to serve while their families were locked up in concentration camps.
quietamericans.com/heart-mounta...
Oct 30, 1944 — Sixty-three Japanese American draft resisters from Heart Mountain stood trial for refusing to serve while their families were locked up in concentration camps.
quietamericans.com/heart-mounta...
October 29 is National Cat Day 🐾
The Japanese Bobtail has been part of Japanese culture for centuries, known for its pom-like tail, playful personality, and the maneki-neko.
It came to the U.S. in 1908, but wasn’t officially registered until the 1960s.
Learn more at cfa.org/japanese-bob...
The Japanese Bobtail has been part of Japanese culture for centuries, known for its pom-like tail, playful personality, and the maneki-neko.
It came to the U.S. in 1908, but wasn’t officially registered until the 1960s.
Learn more at cfa.org/japanese-bob...
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
October 29 is National Cat Day 🐾
The Japanese Bobtail has been part of Japanese culture for centuries, known for its pom-like tail, playful personality, and the maneki-neko.
It came to the U.S. in 1908, but wasn’t officially registered until the 1960s.
Learn more at cfa.org/japanese-bob...
The Japanese Bobtail has been part of Japanese culture for centuries, known for its pom-like tail, playful personality, and the maneki-neko.
It came to the U.S. in 1908, but wasn’t officially registered until the 1960s.
Learn more at cfa.org/japanese-bob...
On October 28, 1895, Tōyō Miyatake was born.
During WWII, he smuggled in a lens and built a homemade camera to document life at Manzanar.
They took away his freedom — but not his vision nor determination.
🔗 quietamericans.com/toyo-miyatake
#ToyoMiyatake #Manzanar #WWIIhistory #QuietAmericans
During WWII, he smuggled in a lens and built a homemade camera to document life at Manzanar.
They took away his freedom — but not his vision nor determination.
🔗 quietamericans.com/toyo-miyatake
#ToyoMiyatake #Manzanar #WWIIhistory #QuietAmericans
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On October 28, 1895, Tōyō Miyatake was born.
During WWII, he smuggled in a lens and built a homemade camera to document life at Manzanar.
They took away his freedom — but not his vision nor determination.
🔗 quietamericans.com/toyo-miyatake
#ToyoMiyatake #Manzanar #WWIIhistory #QuietAmericans
During WWII, he smuggled in a lens and built a homemade camera to document life at Manzanar.
They took away his freedom — but not his vision nor determination.
🔗 quietamericans.com/toyo-miyatake
#ToyoMiyatake #Manzanar #WWIIhistory #QuietAmericans
A lighthouse for Africa and Asia became a symbol of freedom in America.
Originally called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia,” it was meant for the Suez Canal — until Egypt rejected it. The design was reused for the U.S.
Oct 28, 1895 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
#StatueOfLiberty
Originally called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia,” it was meant for the Suez Canal — until Egypt rejected it. The design was reused for the U.S.
Oct 28, 1895 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
#StatueOfLiberty
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A lighthouse for Africa and Asia became a symbol of freedom in America.
Originally called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia,” it was meant for the Suez Canal — until Egypt rejected it. The design was reused for the U.S.
Oct 28, 1895 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
#StatueOfLiberty
Originally called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia,” it was meant for the Suez Canal — until Egypt rejected it. The design was reused for the U.S.
Oct 28, 1895 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
#StatueOfLiberty
On October 26, 2024, the Manzanar Baseball Project hosted a commemorative game on the site of one of the most cherished ballfields in America’s concentration camps.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-baseball-project
#Manzanar #BaseballHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #ManzanarBaseballProject
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-baseball-project
#Manzanar #BaseballHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #ManzanarBaseballProject
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On October 26, 2024, the Manzanar Baseball Project hosted a commemorative game on the site of one of the most cherished ballfields in America’s concentration camps.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-baseball-project
#Manzanar #BaseballHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #ManzanarBaseballProject
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-baseball-project
#Manzanar #BaseballHistory #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #ManzanarBaseballProject
They left no man behind. Even when America did.
On October 25, 1944, the all-Japanese American 442nd RCT began the brutal rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”
They saved 211 men from Texas — at the cost of over 800 of their own.
Read here: quietamericans.com/lost-battalion
#442ndRCT #LostBattalion
On October 25, 1944, the all-Japanese American 442nd RCT began the brutal rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”
They saved 211 men from Texas — at the cost of over 800 of their own.
Read here: quietamericans.com/lost-battalion
#442ndRCT #LostBattalion
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
They left no man behind. Even when America did.
On October 25, 1944, the all-Japanese American 442nd RCT began the brutal rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”
They saved 211 men from Texas — at the cost of over 800 of their own.
Read here: quietamericans.com/lost-battalion
#442ndRCT #LostBattalion
On October 25, 1944, the all-Japanese American 442nd RCT began the brutal rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”
They saved 211 men from Texas — at the cost of over 800 of their own.
Read here: quietamericans.com/lost-battalion
#442ndRCT #LostBattalion
October 23, 2000 — Norman Mineta became the first Asian American to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of Commerce.
He eventually held two cabinet posts under two presidents, helping guide America through the aftermath of 9/11.
🔗quietamericans.com/norman-mineta
He eventually held two cabinet posts under two presidents, helping guide America through the aftermath of 9/11.
🔗quietamericans.com/norman-mineta
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
October 23, 2000 — Norman Mineta became the first Asian American to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of Commerce.
He eventually held two cabinet posts under two presidents, helping guide America through the aftermath of 9/11.
🔗quietamericans.com/norman-mineta
He eventually held two cabinet posts under two presidents, helping guide America through the aftermath of 9/11.
🔗quietamericans.com/norman-mineta
Oct 20, 1942 — Gordon Hirabayashi was found guilty for resisting the racist curfew & exclusion orders.
But he never stopped believing in the Constitution.
Years later, his conviction was overturned.
He had been right all along.
#QuietAmericans #GordonHirabayashi #WWII #CivilRights
But he never stopped believing in the Constitution.
Years later, his conviction was overturned.
He had been right all along.
#QuietAmericans #GordonHirabayashi #WWII #CivilRights
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Oct 20, 1942 — Gordon Hirabayashi was found guilty for resisting the racist curfew & exclusion orders.
But he never stopped believing in the Constitution.
Years later, his conviction was overturned.
He had been right all along.
#QuietAmericans #GordonHirabayashi #WWII #CivilRights
But he never stopped believing in the Constitution.
Years later, his conviction was overturned.
He had been right all along.
#QuietAmericans #GordonHirabayashi #WWII #CivilRights
The most dramatic return of WWII.
On Oct 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur made good on his vow and returned to the Philippines.
From a beach on Leyte, he told the people:
“I have returned.”
His words became legend — and so did the moment.
#WWII #QuietAmericans #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
On Oct 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur made good on his vow and returned to the Philippines.
From a beach on Leyte, he told the people:
“I have returned.”
His words became legend — and so did the moment.
#WWII #QuietAmericans #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The most dramatic return of WWII.
On Oct 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur made good on his vow and returned to the Philippines.
From a beach on Leyte, he told the people:
“I have returned.”
His words became legend — and so did the moment.
#WWII #QuietAmericans #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
On Oct 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur made good on his vow and returned to the Philippines.
From a beach on Leyte, he told the people:
“I have returned.”
His words became legend — and so did the moment.
#WWII #QuietAmericans #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
October 20, 1942, President Roosevelt slipped and called them “concentration camps” at a press conference.
Not “relocation centers” or “internment camps” like they pretended them to be. He signed the Executive Order. He knew what they were.
Find out why: 🔗quietamericans.com/concentration-camps
Not “relocation centers” or “internment camps” like they pretended them to be. He signed the Executive Order. He knew what they were.
Find out why: 🔗quietamericans.com/concentration-camps
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
October 20, 1942, President Roosevelt slipped and called them “concentration camps” at a press conference.
Not “relocation centers” or “internment camps” like they pretended them to be. He signed the Executive Order. He knew what they were.
Find out why: 🔗quietamericans.com/concentration-camps
Not “relocation centers” or “internment camps” like they pretended them to be. He signed the Executive Order. He knew what they were.
Find out why: 🔗quietamericans.com/concentration-camps
All “good” things must come to an end. Even the “Free” Press.
October 19, 1945 — The last issue of the Manzanar Free Press was published.
It wasn’t truly free. It was censored and controlled. And its end meant more change, and for many, more hardship.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-fre...
October 19, 1945 — The last issue of the Manzanar Free Press was published.
It wasn’t truly free. It was censored and controlled. And its end meant more change, and for many, more hardship.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-fre...
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All “good” things must come to an end. Even the “Free” Press.
October 19, 1945 — The last issue of the Manzanar Free Press was published.
It wasn’t truly free. It was censored and controlled. And its end meant more change, and for many, more hardship.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-fre...
October 19, 1945 — The last issue of the Manzanar Free Press was published.
It wasn’t truly free. It was censored and controlled. And its end meant more change, and for many, more hardship.
🔗 quietamericans.com/manzanar-fre...
The first Asian American president of a major university never stopped learning.
Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda kept studying well into his 90s, and urged others to do the same.
Oct 18, 1924: Matsuda, a pioneering engineer, educator, and lifelong student, was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
#FudgeMatsuda
Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda kept studying well into his 90s, and urged others to do the same.
Oct 18, 1924: Matsuda, a pioneering engineer, educator, and lifelong student, was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
#FudgeMatsuda
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The first Asian American president of a major university never stopped learning.
Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda kept studying well into his 90s, and urged others to do the same.
Oct 18, 1924: Matsuda, a pioneering engineer, educator, and lifelong student, was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
#FudgeMatsuda
Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda kept studying well into his 90s, and urged others to do the same.
Oct 18, 1924: Matsuda, a pioneering engineer, educator, and lifelong student, was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
#FudgeMatsuda
October 17, 1943: The “Shitara Sisters” helped two German POWs attempt an escape from their prison camp in Colorado.
They weren’t loyal to their husbands, their people, or their country.
But they were loyal to their heart.
quietamericans.com/shitara-sisters
#OnThisDay #JapaneseAmericanHistory
They weren’t loyal to their husbands, their people, or their country.
But they were loyal to their heart.
quietamericans.com/shitara-sisters
#OnThisDay #JapaneseAmericanHistory
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
October 17, 1943: The “Shitara Sisters” helped two German POWs attempt an escape from their prison camp in Colorado.
They weren’t loyal to their husbands, their people, or their country.
But they were loyal to their heart.
quietamericans.com/shitara-sisters
#OnThisDay #JapaneseAmericanHistory
They weren’t loyal to their husbands, their people, or their country.
But they were loyal to their heart.
quietamericans.com/shitara-sisters
#OnThisDay #JapaneseAmericanHistory
A brief meeting became a short lifelong friendship.
October 16, 1963: Yuri Kochiyama met Malcolm X while attending a hearing for her arrest during a protest.
It was the beginning of an extraordinary connection that was cut short by the assassination.
quietamericans.com/yuri-kochiyama
October 16, 1963: Yuri Kochiyama met Malcolm X while attending a hearing for her arrest during a protest.
It was the beginning of an extraordinary connection that was cut short by the assassination.
quietamericans.com/yuri-kochiyama
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A brief meeting became a short lifelong friendship.
October 16, 1963: Yuri Kochiyama met Malcolm X while attending a hearing for her arrest during a protest.
It was the beginning of an extraordinary connection that was cut short by the assassination.
quietamericans.com/yuri-kochiyama
October 16, 1963: Yuri Kochiyama met Malcolm X while attending a hearing for her arrest during a protest.
It was the beginning of an extraordinary connection that was cut short by the assassination.
quietamericans.com/yuri-kochiyama
Born on October 13, 1923, Cherry Kinoshita survived incarceration at Minidoka, then led the fight for redress and justice.
Her strength and leadership helped pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
More about Cherry: quietamericans.com/cherry-kinoshita
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #Minidoka
Her strength and leadership helped pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
More about Cherry: quietamericans.com/cherry-kinoshita
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #Minidoka
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Born on October 13, 1923, Cherry Kinoshita survived incarceration at Minidoka, then led the fight for redress and justice.
Her strength and leadership helped pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
More about Cherry: quietamericans.com/cherry-kinoshita
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #Minidoka
Her strength and leadership helped pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
More about Cherry: quietamericans.com/cherry-kinoshita
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #Minidoka
In 1906, San Francisco tried to force Japanese American children into a segregated school.
They said it was to protect white students.
Today, we call it what it was.
Learn more: quietamericans.com/oriental-school
#QuietAmericans #OnThisDay #AAPIHistory #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Segregation
They said it was to protect white students.
Today, we call it what it was.
Learn more: quietamericans.com/oriental-school
#QuietAmericans #OnThisDay #AAPIHistory #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Segregation
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In 1906, San Francisco tried to force Japanese American children into a segregated school.
They said it was to protect white students.
Today, we call it what it was.
Learn more: quietamericans.com/oriental-school
#QuietAmericans #OnThisDay #AAPIHistory #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Segregation
They said it was to protect white students.
Today, we call it what it was.
Learn more: quietamericans.com/oriental-school
#QuietAmericans #OnThisDay #AAPIHistory #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Segregation