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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.

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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Way before Star Trek, George Takei had to boldly go where no Japanese American child had gone before.

Seventy-one years later, he returned to tell the story.

April 16, 2013: The Japanese American Internment Museum opened in Arkansas.

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April 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Whether JFK ever formally accepted the 442nd honor is unclear.
But the gesture speaks volumes.

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June 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
July 9, 2021 — Illinois passed the TEAACH Act, requiring Asian American history be taught in public schools.

The first Asians arrived in the 1500s, and have continued to help build this country. It’s about time students learned how.

#TEAACHAct #AsianAmericanHistory #AAPIHistory #QuietAmericans
July 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
City plans redrew neighborhoods.
Schools moved to segregate Asian students.
And a community that once lived near Chinatown was pushed west.

That’s how Japantown was born.
Not by design — but by displacement.

#Japantown #1906Earthquake #JapaneseAmericanHistory #QuietAmericans
April 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Everything — gone in two days. Only because they were “Japanese.”

They tried to erase it from history. But we will not forget.

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April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
But the original version of the Final Report was rediscovered in the early 1980s.
It revealed the racist intent behind the incarceration — and helped fuel the redress movement.

It was racism, all along.

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July 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thanks to her leadership, emotional testimony became the beating heart of the redress movement.

Without Cherry on top, the Civil Liberties Act may never have passed.

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July 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
April 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 keeps finding new targets.

Follow @QuietAmericans for more buried history that still shapes today.
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July 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#OTD May 28, 2023: JANM screened the film in Los Angeles.

Before Hollywood was Hollywood, LA already had JA.
Let’s not forget this time.

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May 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
May 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
But decades later, his book was rediscovered — and helped expose one of the most complex and painful chapters of Japanese American history.

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September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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

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November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This time, the government was pushing them out. While simply calling it “administrative.”

How was anyone, still labeled “enemy,” supposed to restart their life with $25?
Forty-four thousand Japanese Americans had to find out.

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August 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
She survived incarceration.
She was beside Malcolm X when he was shot.
She never stopped resisting.

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May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Songbird of Manzanar is 100 years young today.

Mary Kageyama Nomura was just 16 when she was incarcerated during WWII. But even behind barbed wire, her captivating contralto voice couldn’t be silenced.

#QuietAmericans #MaryNomura #Manzanar #WWIIHistory #JapaneseAmericanHistory #Happy100th
September 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From the fields of Poston to the halls of Caltech to the front lines of redress, Hiroshi Kamei’s legacy is one of action, clarity, and justice.

Learn more about Hiroshi at: quietamericans.com/hiroshi-kamei

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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 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

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November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
That early practice paid off. He went on to animate one of the most iconic scenes in film history — the spaghetti dinner in Lady and the Tramp — and build a legendary career that continues to inspire.

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July 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Remember our heroes.

👉 Like, follow, and save this post to share the story of soldiers who fought enemies and prejudice.

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June 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
July 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
He fought for a country that once doubted him.
Please remember him, so a name like Kuroki is never seen as less American than Smith.

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May 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
But with the recent discovery of the Wakasa Memorial Stone, we are starting to remember again.

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April 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM