DOCSLIB.ORG

NCJAR Asks Supreine Court to Review Suit

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
NCJAR Asks Supreine Court to Review Suit JACL salutes 1986 scholarship win­ ners.See special supplement inside. aci ic citize11 National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Newsstand: 25~ (60e postpaid) Whole No. 2.405 Vol. 103 No. 10 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, Sept. 5,1986 'Little Girl in Picture' Nets House Co-sponsor NCJAR Asks SupreIne WASHINGTON-Rep. Terry Bruce (D-ID.), who announced Court to Review Suit his intention to co-sponsor redress bill HR 442 on Aug. WASHINGTON - A petition calling for review of a class action law­ 25, was lobbied by a constit­ suit that seeks damages on behalf of 125,000 Japanese Americans in­ uent who, in a 1942 photo­ terned during WW2 was filed Aug 26 in the U.S. Supreme Court by graph, carne to symbolize the the Chicago-based National Council for Japanese American Redress. plight of Japanese Ameri­ If successful, the petition will cans interned during WW2. reinstate claims against the gov­ According to Chicago ernment that were dismissed af­ JACL redress chair Chiye To­ ter the lawsuit was filed in March mihiro, Bruce was persuaded 1983. to support the bill by Yukiko Claims Dismissed Okinaga Llewellyn of Cham­ paign, ill, who wrote to the The lawsuit, with 22 claims, congressman and talked with sought more than $24 billion in his staff. As a ~year-{)ld damages. It was dismissed in May girl, Llewellyn appeared in a 1984 by the U.S. Dis trict Court for War Relocation Authority the District of Columbia. The dis­ photo taken when she and missal was then appealed to the her family were about to de­ U.S. Court of Appeals, where it Three-year-{)Id Yukiko Okinaga about to be sent to Manzanar in April 1942. part from Los Angeles to was partially reversed and re­ Manzanar. manded to trial in January 1986- Image of Internment but with only a single claim intact. "We need more Americans Bruce, who represents the " The dismissed claims include In the photo, she is holding to emulate Mrs. Llewellyn southeastern portion of the an apple and sitting . on a the deprivation of constitutional and others like her who de­ state, is serving his first term guarantees such as habeas corpus, William Hohri leather suitcase, surrounded cided to act personally to ring in the House. He is on theAgri­ by duflle bags. The photo has equal protection and due process," a clarion call for the U.S. Con­ culture Committee and its sub­ said William Hohri, NCJARchair. by the government's fraud and been used often by propo­ stitution Sometimes, it takes committee on Wheat, Soy­ concealment of evidence. This nents of redress to show that 'What's the point of having these only one person in a com­ beans & Theel Grains; the Ed­ constitutional rights if the govern­ thesis has already been success­ the internment affected all munity to get the needed sup­ ucation & Labor Committee fully tested in federal courts on West Coast Japanese Ameri­ ment can violate them and then port for passage of the re­ and its subcommittees on Hu­ hide behind a legalism ...and es­ the West Coast. cans, regardless of age. dress legislation" man Resources and Postsec­ " It's a serious challenge to the "Mrs. Llewellyn has not for­ cape accountability?" Working at University ondary Education; and the 'Fraud and Conceabnent' Court's landmark Korematsu de­ gotten that she and her family cision [of 1944 ]. Up until now, the Today' after having relo­ Science & Technology Com­ Although the odds for success in were deprived of their con­ legal system has lacked a proper cated with her family to mittee and its subcommittees gaining access to the Supreme stitutional rights," said LEC vehicle for reconsidering Kore­ Cleveland, Llewellyn is an as­ on Energy Development & Court are about 1 in 20, Hohri said executive director Grayce matsu. Now they have it in this sistant dean at University of Applications and Science, he is optimistic about NCJAR's Uyehara. "She translated her appeal." lliinois at Urbana-Champaign, Research & Technology. chances. remembrance of the inequity The lawsuit has already over­ which is in Bruce's 19th Dis­ He is the 141st co-sponsor I " One of our main arguments," to act as a responsible Ameri­ trict come two procedural barriers. can. of the redress bill he said, " is that the wartimedeci­ sions of the Court were subverted Continued on page 7 INS Frees Japanese Scholar; Demos to Discuss Political Power, Prop. 63 Questions Raised About Laws NEW YORK-Scholar Choichiro was his arrest in Tokyo 18 years Yatani won his fight to stay in ago while taking part in an anti­ the u.s. Aug ID when federal of­ Vietnam War demonstration. ficials waived the usual visa re­ The State Dept waived its ob­ quirements and released him jections Aug ID and authorized from detention the INS to release Yatani. In re­ After being imprisoned for six turn, Yatani agreed to drop his weeks in the Immigration & Na­ lawsuit, although he added, "1 turalization Service Center, Ya­ want to know what is in that State tani was released just hours after Department fue." his lawyers sued the government "It was a nightmare, just a 'for illegally holding him. nightmare," Yatani said as he left VISa Revoked the detention center. "Some peo­ Yatani, a 4O-year-{)ld doctoral ple in the U.S. government be­ student at State University of lieve I am a communist or a ter­ New York at Stony Brook, has rible person, but I am not" lived in the U.S. since He wn. Public Support and his wife N anako have two March Fong Eu American-born sons. The case produced an outpour­ Norman Mineta Robert Matsui When Yatani arrived at Ken­ ing of public support for Yatani, who originally faced an Aug. 22 SAN FRANCISCO - A debate hail ro R p . Rob rt Matsui nedy International Airport on and forum on the controv rsial and Norman Mineta and Secre­ July 7 after attending a confer­ deadline to leave the country. But while Yatani's ordeal is Proposition 63, with Stanley Dia­ tary of State March Fong Eu. ence in the Netherlands, the mond, author ofth "English On­ Registration begin S pt 13 at State Dept revoked his visa, rul­ over, some experts have said that the case points out the need for ly" initiative, and Wilma han, 9 a.rn. and will b followed by a ing that ,he had concealed his vice president of Chine e Pro­ 10 a.m. pI nary s s ion ft aturing membership in a coinmunist or­ reform of laws and procedures gressive Assn., will b on of the k ynot sp ak 1 Min ta and ganization The department has that determine who is barred highlights of the third bi nnial Los Angel itN ouncilman refused to say how it got i nform a­ from entering the counuy Arthur Helton, director of the Asian Pa ific Democratic I..ead ~ Mik Woo. tion linkingYatani to communist ership Conferenc , to be h ld activity. Lawyer's Committee for Human Workshop Topics Rights, said that the Yatani case Sept 13-14 at Miyako Hot I, 1625 'Not a Communist' Po t St The Propo ition 63 forum and In his lawsuit, Yatani stated demonstrates how a family man workshop on such topic a that he "was never a member of, can be victimized by the laws as Politicos to Speak " w' Rol in th D m cl'ati or associated with, the Commun­ they now stand. ''This sort of Entitled "Em pow rment of Party: Stat and National," " ur ist Party, The Red Anny, or any thing may be happening to a lot Asian Pacific AmClicans Through Goals for th 19905: EI Hug subversive, anarchist., totalitarian of people without the pu blic ever the El etoral Process," the con­ Asian Pacific D mocrats," and or terrorist organization." being aware of it" ference is sponsored by the Asian ''Violen Against A ian Am d - However, INS official Scott The only reason that Yatani Pacific Caucus of th California eans" will tak pIa aft l' 01 could think of for his detention Continued on back page . Democratic Party. Honorary co- plenary se ion. Workshops will 2 , ~ACIFIC CInZEN I Frld." September 5, 1986 No, 2,405 Allow 6 weeks advance notice to report address change with label on front If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, Write New Address betow, Effective date """"""""" """""""""""."""""",,.,,""" Noted Activists to Address Conferees Please send the Pacific Citizen for: 1-Yr $20 0 2-Yrs $38 0 3-Yrs $56 by Mei Nakano o To: , .. ,",.,.,", ...... ,".,.,"" ...... "., ... ,',." ... ,"'., ........ " .. " ... "., .. ..... " .. ,.,.,. " ... , .. " .. I OAKLAND - Two prominent ,Address: .. ,", ... " ., .... ,., .... " .. ,', .. .... " .. .. ,"", .. , ..... " .. ,", ... ,.,', ......... ,", .. ,." .. ,... ," women activists will appear at "Japanese American Women in City, :':~~bS~~:;iO~~' ;~;~bi~ ·i~· ~d~~~~~ :· F~;~i~~ ;· US$'12"OO' ~~;~' ;;.;~~; ... '... t Transition-'86," to be held by Checks payable to: Pacific Citizen, 941 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013 : the No. Calit:-W. Nev.-Pacific Dis­ EXPIRA~ON NOTI<iE-IItbe I~t four digits on the top row of your label reads 0886, the 6O-day : grace perl~ ends with ~ last Issue in October, 1986. Please renew your subscription or I trict JACL Women's Concerns . mem~rshlp , If membership has been renewed and the pape.r stops, not{fy tbe PC office, I Committee on Sept 13,8:30 am.- ~--~-----------.------------------------------ 4 -p.m., at Laney College. _____ J Saika served on the board of • Noriko Nikki Sawada Bridges, Asian Legal Services Outreach Hsieh Named who is to be honored with the in Sacramento, Asian American Humanitarian Award at the con-· Legal Defense & Education Fund ference, is perhaps the quintes­ in New York, and Public Interest to S.F.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 1986 Journal
    OCTOBER TERM, 1986 Reference Index Contents: page Statistics n General in Appeals in Arguments iv Attorneys iv Briefs iv Certiorari v Costs v Judgments and Opinions v Original Cases vi Parties vii Stays vn Conclusion vn (i) II STATISTICS AS OF JUNE 26, 1987 In Forma Paid Original Pauperis Total Cases Cases Number of cases on docket 12 2,547 2,564 5,123 Cases disposed of 1 2,104 2,241 4,349 Remaining on docket 11 440 323 774 Cases docketed during term: Paid cases 2,071 In forma pauperis cases 2, 165 Original cases 4 Total 4,240 Cases remaining from last term 883 Total cases on docket 5, 123 Cases disposed of 4,349 Number of remaining on docket 774 Petitions for certiorari granted: In paid cases 121 In in forma pauperis cases............... 14 Appeals granted: In paid cases 31 In in forma pauperis cases 1 Total cases granted plenary review 167 Cases argued during term 175 Number disposed of by full opinions 164 Number disposed of by per curiam opinions 10 Number set for reargument next term 1 Cases available for argument at beginning of term 101 Disposed of summarily after review was granted 4 Original cases set for argument 0 Cases reviewed and decided without oral argument 109 Total cases available for argument at start of next term 91 Number of written opinions of the Court 145 Opinions per curiam in argued cases 9 Number of lawyers admitted to practice as of October 4, 1987: On written motion 3,679 On oral motion...... 1,081 Total...............................
    [Show full text]
  • Archived Thesis/Research Paper/Faculty Publication from The
    Archived thesis/research paper/faculty publication from the University of North Carolina at Asheville’s NC DOCKS Institutional Repository: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/unca/ “Do it for your grandchildren” A Missed Opportunity: the Legacy of the Redress Movement’s Divide Dustin Eric Williams Senior Thesis for the Department of History Tracey Rizzo University of North Carolina Asheville 1 On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, an act which resulted in the death of 2,335 Navy Servicemen and 55 civilians. These immediate casualties became a rallying point for the United States entry into the Pacific Theater and World War II. However, the 2,335 Navy serviceman and 55 American civilians were not the only casualties of that day. Shortly after the attack in Pearl Harbor, two-thousand Japanese Americans were rounded up and incarcerated under suspicion of being possible Japanese sympathizers.1 They were followed within the next few weeks by around 120,000 others, only because their lineage traced back to the enemy. These citizens and their families would remain incarcerated until 1946, when the relocation camps were officially closed.2 From the camps they emerged fundamentally changed, becoming silent about their experiences. The culture of silence that followed was so prevalent that many of their children knew little to nothing about incarceration and internment.3 They felt that this silence was necessary in order to protect their children and their grandchildren from the shame of what had happened.4 Yet, as the memory of internment slowly crept back into the community, it birthed what we come to call today the Japanese Redress Movement; this protective nature toward their children later compelled around 750 Japanese Americans to testify about their experiences.5 The goals of the Redress movement included: A quest to absolve themselves of the accusations made against them during the war, an attempt to gain monetary reparations for 1 Mitchell T.
    [Show full text]
  • Loyalty and Betrayal Reconsidered: the Tule Lake Pilgrimage
    University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 6-9-2016 "Yes, No, Maybe": Loyalty and Betrayal Reconsidered: The uleT Lake Pilgrimage Ella-Kari Loftfield Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Recommended Citation Loftfield, Ella-Kari. ""Yes, No, Maybe": Loyalty and Betrayal Reconsidered: The uleT Lake Pilgrimage." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/47 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Ella-Kari Loftfield Candidate History Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Professor Melissa Bokovoy, Chairperson Professor Jason Scott Smith Professor Barbara Reyes i “YES, NO, MAYBE−” LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL RECONSIDERED: THE TULE LAKE PILGRIMAGE By Ella-Kari Loftfield B.A., Social Anthropology, Haverford College, 1985 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May, 2016 ii Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my father, Robert Loftfield whose enthusiasm for learning and scholarship knew no bounds. iii Acknowledgements This thesis would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of many people. Thanks to Peter Reed who has been by my side and kept me well fed during the entire experience. Thanks to the Japanese American National Museum for inviting me to participate in curriculum writing that lit a fire in my belly.
    [Show full text]
  • Jack and Aiko Herzig Papers, Ca
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83r0rm6 No online items Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig papers, ca. 1940-2000 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig 451 1 papers, ca. 1940-2000 Descriptive Summary Title: Jack and Aiko Herzig papers Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-2000 Collection number: 451 Creator: Herzig, Jack. Extent: 219 boxes (109.5 linear feet)22 oversize boxes.1 map folder. Abstract: Jack and Aiko amassed a great deal of research material, mostly from the National Archives, on Japanese Americans. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
    [Show full text]
  • DI JL6 F5 Ocrcombined Withcitation.Pdf
    HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS H.R. 442 - CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1985, AND H.R. 2415 - "ALEUTIAN AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS RESTITUTION ACT" JULY 23, 1986 9:30 A.M. ROOM 2237 RHOB WITNESSES Honorable Don Young Dr. Arthur Fleming, representing the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians PANEL John C. Kirtland, Esquire, Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds, accompanied by Dimitri Philemonof, Executive Director, A1eutian/Pribi1 of Islands Association, Inc., and John C. Carpenter, Esquire, Senior Vice President, Aleut Corporati on Alice Petrivelli, President, Axtam Corporation Agafon Krukoff, Jr., President, The Aleut Corporation Father Paul Merculief, Chairman, Aleutian Housing Authority Mr. Michael Zacharof, Mayor, City of St. Paul Mrs. Hilda Berikoff, General Delivery Mr. Perfinia Pletnikoff Adrian (Doug) Melovidov, President, IRA Council STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE DON YOONG BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS JULY 23, 1986 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS DISTINGUISHED SUBCOMMITTEE AGAIN AND EXPRESS MY VIEWS ON LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOM­ MENDATIONS OF COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELOCATION. I COMMENT YOU AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR YOUR EFFORT TO FULLY CONSIDER THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. NO MATTER HOW HARD THIS TASK IS, I BELIEVE IT IS THE OBLIGA­ TION OF A FAIR AND JUST GOVERNMENT TO REPAY CITIZENS FOR PROPERTY TAKEN BY THAT GOVERNMENT, EVEN WHERE THE MOTIVE IS TO PROTECT THE NATION IN TIME OF WAR. THE OBLIGATION TO REPAY INNOCENT CITIZENS FOR PROPERTY TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT IS NOT LOST SOLELY THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
    [Show full text]
  • Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Letters
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85q537k No online items Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Letters Finding aid created by Jose Quirarte. Japanese American National Museum 100 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.janm.org/ © 2020 Japanese American National Museum. All rights reserved. Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold 2019.13 1 Landon Letters Finding aid for the Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Letters Collection number: 2019.13 Descriptive Summary Title: Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon letters Dates (inclusive): 1941-2011 Dates (bulk): 1941-1943 Collection number: 2019.13 Collection Size: .4 linear feet (1 box) Repository: Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles, California 90012 Creator: Hohri, Sohei John Creator: Landon, Harold Abstract: This collection primarily consists of handwritten, illustrated letters with the exception of a few postcards and one photograph. Sohei Hohri wrote the letters while incarcerated at Manzanar to his friend, Harold Landon. The bulk of the documents are dated from 1941 to 1943. A smaller portion of the collection is from the post-camp years, ranging from 1972 to 1982 and 1997 to 2011. Physical location: Japanese American National Museum. 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Access By appointment only. Please contact the Collections Management and Access Unit ([email protected]). Advanced notice is required. Publication Rights All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Collections Management and Access Unit at the Japanese American National Museum ([email protected]). Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Papers.
    [Show full text]
  • THE WATSONVILLE-SANTA CRUZ JACL Newsletter March 2014
    THE WATSONVILLE-SANTA CRUZ JACL Newsletter March 2014 “The citizen’s right to dissent is the last ACLU ACTION, by Scott and Sharon Lane Like any parents, we were deeply concerned when line of defense for freedom.” our son C.C. began getting sick to his stomach on the way A. Mahatma Gandhi to school each morning. At first, we thought he had fallen ill. But, we soon B. Patrick Henry found out a far more disturbing truth—that our son, a C. Nelson Mandela Buddhist of Thai descent, was afraid to go to school D. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because his teacher was chastising him in front of his E. John C. Raines peers for his Buddhist faith. F. Thomas Paine As we dug deeper, we discovered that our son’s sixth- grade curriculum at Negreet High (Louisiana) included Who broke into the FBI office in 1971 to discover that extreme religious indoctrination. The school itself was the FBI was spying and using dirty tricks operations on covered in religious icons. Christian prayer was dissident groups of Americans? Professor of Religion, incorporated into nearly every school event. And our Temple University, Philadelphia—John C. Raines and son’s teacher routinely preached her biblical beliefs to others. Read “Burglars Who Took On F. B. I. Abandon students and tested the children on their piety with exam Shadows,” Mark Mazzetti, NY Times, Jan. 7, 2014. questions such as this one: "Isn’t it amazing what the ________ has made?!! NATIONAL JACL FRESHMAN SCHOLARHIPS When our son failed to answer religious questions like San Francisco, CA – Our high school seniors who are this correctly (the answer was “LORD”), his teacher mocked him for his beliefs.
    [Show full text]
  • Preliminary Inventory for the Grayce Uyehara Papers
    Preliminary Inventory for the Grayce Uyehara Papers NMAH.AC.1480 Karen Adjei 2020 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 5 Biographical...................................................................................................................... 1 Content Description.......................................................................................................... 4 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 5 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 6 Grayce Uyehara Papers NMAH.AC.1480 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Grayce Uyehara Papers Identifier: NMAH.AC.1480 Date: 1929-2008 Creator: Uyehara, Grayce Source: Uyehara, Paul M. (Donor) Extent: 18 Cubic feet (18 boxes) Language: English . Summary: The papers document the life and activism of Grayce Uyehara who was a pivotal
    [Show full text]
  • Race Law and Justice: the Rehnquist Court and the American Dilemma, Frank H
    University of California, Hastings College of the Law UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Faculty Scholarship 1996 Race Law and Justice: The Rehnquist Court and the American Dilemma, Frank H. Wu UC Hastings College of the Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.uchastings.edu/faculty_scholarship Part of the Law and Race Commons Recommended Citation Frank H. Wu, Race Law and Justice: The Rehnquist Court and the American Dilemma,, 45 Am. U. L. Rev. 567 (1996). Available at: http://repository.uchastings.edu/faculty_scholarship/1411 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CONFERENCE RACE, LAW AND JUSTICE: THE REHNQUIST COURT AND THE AMERICAN DILEMMA TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................... 567 I. Color-Blindness Versus Racial Justice: The Supreme Court's 1994-95 Term and the Struggle to Define Equal Protection ............................. 568 II. Beyond Black and White: Race-Conscious Policies and the "Other Minorities" . ..................... 601 III. Keynote Address: Angela Davis .................. 636 IV. "Creditor and Debtor Races": Is It Time to Get Beyond Race? ............................... 645 V. Appendix: Biographies of Participants ............ 680 INTRODUCTION On September 21, 1995, the Law and Government Program of the Washington
    [Show full text]
  • American Book Awards 2004
    BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS 2004 America was intended to be a place where freedom from discrimination was the means by which equality was achieved. Today, American culture THE is the most diverse ever on the face of this earth. Recognizing literary excel- lence demands a panoramic perspective. A narrow view strictly to the mainstream ignores all the tributaries that feed it. American literature is AMERICAN not one tradition but all traditions. From those who have been here for thousands of years to the most recent immigrants, we are all contributing to American culture. We are all being translated into a new language. BOOK Everyone should know by now that Columbus did not “discover” America. Rather, we are all still discovering America—and we must continue to do AWARDS so. The Before Columbus Foundation was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit educational and service organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary American multicultural literature. The goals of BCF are to provide recognition and a wider audience for the wealth of cultural and ethnic diversity that constitutes American writing. BCF has always employed the term “multicultural” not as a description of an aspect of American literature, but as a definition of all American litera- ture. BCF believes that the ingredients of America’s so-called “melting pot” are not only distinct, but integral to the unique constitution of American Culture—the whole comprises the parts. In 1978, the Board of Directors of BCF (authors, editors, and publishers representing the multicultural diversity of American Literature) decided that one of its programs should be a book award that would, for the first time, respect and honor excellence in American literature without restric- tion or bias with regard to race, sex, creed, cultural origin, size of press or ad budget, or even genre.
    [Show full text]
  • Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers SPC.2018.058
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kp888m Online items available Inventory of Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers SPC.2018.058 Jennifer Hill. Scope and Content, Biography, and edits by Eileen Yoshimura. California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections 2019-10-31 University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor) 1000 E. Victoria St. Carson, CA 90747 [email protected] URL: https://www.csudh.edu/libarchives/ Inventory of Aiko Herzig SPC.2018.058 1 Yoshinaga Papers SPC.2018.058 Contributing Institution: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Title: Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers Creator: Yoshinaga-Herzig, Aiko Creator: Herzig, John A., 1922-2005 Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.058 Physical Description: 60 boxesapproximately Date (inclusive): circa 1900-December 1, 2018 Date (bulk): 1980-2018 Abstract: This collection includes correspondence, media, publications, photographs, manuscripts, documents, and other materials related to Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga's life and work related to activism and social justice. Subjects in the collection include Redress and Reparations, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Japanese American incarceration, and Aiko's personal life. Some material has been digitized and is available online. Language of Material: English . Conditions Governing Use All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Preferred Citation For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
    [Show full text]
  • Migration and Transnationalism of Japanese Americans in the Pacific, 1930-1955
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ BEYOND TWO HOMELANDS: MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM OF JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE PACIFIC, 1930-1955 A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in HISTORY by Michael Jin March 2013 The Dissertation of Michael Jin is approved: ________________________________ Professor Alice Yang, Chair ________________________________ Professor Dana Frank ________________________________ Professor Alan Christy ______________________________ Tyrus Miller Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Copyright © by Michael Jin 2013 Table of Contents Abstract iv Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: 19 The Japanese American Transnational Generation in the Japanese Empire before the Pacific War Chapter 2: 71 Beyond Two Homelands: Kibei and the Meaning of Dualism before World War II Chapter 3: 111 From “The Japanese Problem” to “The Kibei Problem”: Rethinking the Japanese American Internment during World War II Chapter 4: 165 Hotel Tule Lake: The Segregation Center and Kibei Transnationalism Chapter 5: 211 The War and Its Aftermath: Japanese Americans in the Pacific Theater and the Question of Loyalty Epilogue 260 Bibliography 270 iii Abstract Beyond Two Homelands: Migration and Transnationalism of Japanese Americans in the Pacific, 1930-1955 Michael Jin This dissertation examines 50,000 American migrants of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who traversed across national and colonial borders in the Pacific before, during, and after World War II. Among these Japanese American transnational migrants, 10,000-20,000 returned to the United States before the outbreak of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and became known as Kibei (“return to America”). Tracing the transnational movements of these second-generation U.S.-born Japanese Americans complicates the existing U.S.-centered paradigm of immigration and ethnic history.
    [Show full text]