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Minoru Yasui awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

November 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Obama announced on Nov. 16 that Minoru “Min” Yasui will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Minoru Yasui was a civil and human rights activist best known for his U.S. Supreme Court Case questioning the constitutionality of curfews imposed on Japanese American citizens during World War II. Cases […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Japanese Americans, Minoru Min Yasui, Minoru Yasui, Mitsuye Endo, President Clinton, President Obama, Presidential Medal, Supreme Court Case, United States, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

Sakata’s play about Gordon Hirabayashi, ‘Hold These Truths’

July 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Laura Ohata Northwest Asian Weekly Homecoming for a Civil Rights icon Gordon Hirabayashi Imagine that it is April in 1942, and the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor only four months ago. You

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Arthur Barnett, Asian Studies, Gordon Hirabayashi, Japanese Americans, Jeanne Sakata, Kathryn Bannai, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Lisa Rothe, Parker Posey, Personal Velocity, Peter Irons, Rosa Parks, Seattle, Supreme Court Case, UCLA, Union Street, Vol 33 No 30 | July 19 - July 25

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