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You are here: Home / Archives for Professor Lorraine Bannai

A lesson from the past, for our future

April 7, 2016 By Andrew Hamlin

Japanese American Fred Korematsu (1919–2005), a Nisei, made American legal history in 1942. With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, he fought against his government-mandated internment in a camp.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2016, American Civil Liberties Union, Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Japanese American Fred Korematsu, Japanese Americans, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Korematsu Center, Lorraine Bannai, Mexican American Studies, Middle Eastern, Min Yasui, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peter Irons, Presidential Medal, Professor Lorraine Bannai, San Leandro, Seattle University, Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, Tucson Unified School District, United States, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15, West Coast

‘Star Trek’ and social media hero George Takei is 2015 Tomodachi Award winner

April 2, 2015 By James Tabafunda

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Tomodachi is a Japanese word meaning friend. “Star Trek” actor and gay rights advocate George Takei is the newest friend of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW). The organization named him as its 2015 Tomodachi Award winner at the Seventh Annual Tomodachi Luncheon on March 27. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Annette Clark, George Takei, JCCCW, Japanese Americans, Karin Zaugg Black, Kurt Tokita, Lori Matsukawa, Masahiro Omura, Michi Hirata North, Professor Lorraine Bannai, Regimental Combat Team, Rick Wong, Seattle University, Star Trek, Tokyo, Tomodachi Award, Toshio Nomura, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10

SU law center named for civil rights leader

April 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American welder, dared to challenge the constitutionality of his internment in 1942, his objections

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, Arab Americans, Executive Order, Japanese American, Kellye Testy, Korematsu Center, Korematsu Discovery Academy, Korematsu Elementary School, Looking Back, Mace Ranch, President Franklin Roosevelt, Professor Lorraine Bannai, Professor Robert Chang, Public Law, Reaching Forward, Seattle University, Sullivan Hall, Vol 28 No 15 | April 4 - April 10

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