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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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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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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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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But the gesture speaks volumes.
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But the gesture speaks volumes.
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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
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
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
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
They tried to erase it from history. But we will not forget.
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They tried to erase it from history. But we will not forget.
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It revealed the racist intent behind the incarceration — and helped fuel the redress movement.
It was racism, all along.
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It revealed the racist intent behind the incarceration — and helped fuel the redress movement.
It was racism, all along.
#JapaneseAmericanHistory #WWIIHistory #CivilRights #QuietAmericans #HiddenHistory #NeverForget
Without Cherry on top, the Civil Liberties Act may never have passed.
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #JapaneseAmericanHistory #AAPIHistory #CivilRights #RedressMovement #CivilLibertiesAct1988 #NCRR
Without Cherry on top, the Civil Liberties Act may never have passed.
#QuietAmericans #CherryKinoshita #JapaneseAmericanHistory #AAPIHistory #CivilRights #RedressMovement #CivilLibertiesAct1988 #NCRR
#VJAMM #JapaneseAmericanHistory #EstherTakeiNishio
#WWII #VeniceCA #CivilLiberties #QuietAmericans
#AAPIHeritage #WomenInHistory
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Follow @QuietAmericans for more buried history that still shapes today.
#AlienEnemiesAct #QuietAmericans #HiddenHistory #ImmigrationPolicy #AAPIHistory #FourthOfJuly #AmericanHistory
Follow @QuietAmericans for more buried history that still shapes today.
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Before Hollywood was Hollywood, LA already had JA.
Let’s not forget this time.
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Before Hollywood was Hollywood, LA already had JA.
Let’s not forget this time.
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Nov 6, 1962 — Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate, decades after losing his arm in WWII.
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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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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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How was anyone, still labeled “enemy,” supposed to restart their life with $25?
Forty-four thousand Japanese Americans had to find out.
#QuietAmericans #AdministrativeNotice289 #JapaneseAmericanHistory #WWII
She was beside Malcolm X when he was shot.
She never stopped resisting.
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She was beside Malcolm X when he was shot.
She never stopped resisting.
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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.
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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
Learn more about Hiroshi at: quietamericans.com/hiroshi-kamei
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Learn more about Hiroshi at: quietamericans.com/hiroshi-kamei
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Forty years later, the courts finally did.
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Forty years later, the courts finally did.
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#JapaneseAmericanVoices #WWIIHistory #WillieIto #AnimationHistory #QuietAmericans #HappyBirthday
#JapaneseAmericanVoices #WWIIHistory #WillieIto #AnimationHistory #QuietAmericans #HappyBirthday
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Please remember him, so a name like Kuroki is never seen as less American than Smith.
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Please remember him, so a name like Kuroki is never seen as less American than Smith.
#BenKuroki #AAPIHeritageMonth #QuietAmericans #JapaneseAmerican #WWII #HiddenHistory #AsianAmericanHistory #APIHistory #AmericanHero #NeverForget
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