Guide to the George Yuzawa Papers, circa 1900-2009 - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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The Japanese American National Museum is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. As the national repository of Japanese American history, JANM creates historical and arts exhibitions, educational public programs, documentaries, and innovative curriculum that illuminate the stories and the rich cultural heritage of people of Japanese ancestry in the Unite...

Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012

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Daniel K. Inouye (b. September 7, 1924 – d. December 17, 2012) was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death. He also served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. During World War II, Inouye served as part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment and lost his right arm to a grenade wound. He received several military decorations, including ...

Iijima, Kazu Ikeda, 1918-2007

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Kazu Iijima was born in 1918 in Oakland, California, one of three daughters. Her parents met after emigrating from Japan; her father attended the University of California, Berkeley, and her mother traveled to California after the end of her first marriage. Iijima's father started a Japanese-language newspaper in which her mother published poetry. Iijima attended the University of California, Berkeley. During World War II, she was first forcibly removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center in San Brun...

Matsunaga, Spark M. (Spark Masayuki), 1916-1990

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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (October 8, 1916 – April 15, 1990) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the House of Representatives from Hawaii's at-large and 1st congressional districts from 1963 to 1977 and as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Born Masayuki Matsunaga in Kukuila on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, he graduated from Kauai High School before attending the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, participating in the Reser...

Yuzawa, George Katsumi, 1915-2011

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George Katsumi Yuzawa (1915-2011) was born in Los Angeles, California on February 21, 1915. A Nisei (second-generation Japanese American), George's Issei (immigrant) parents named their son after the first president of their adopted country, George Washington, whose birthday was a day later on February 22nd. His parents, Tamasaburo "James" and Bun "Mary" Yuzawa, emigrated to the United States from Nagano, Japan. In 1917, James Yuzawa established the Vermont Flower Shop located in downtown Los An...

Japanese American Social Services, Inc. (JASSI)

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The Japanese American Social Services, Inc. (JASSI) was formed in 1981 by Midori Shimanouchi Lederer to address the lack of social services for aging Japanese Americans with limited English language skills and little access to information about social service programs. Starting with a staff of three workers, JASSI quickly grew to encompass assistance for a broad range of needs, including legal and immigration issues and family problems, expanding beyond just elder Japanese Americans. Currently t...

Japanese American Citizens' League

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Founded in 1930, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. The JACL has 112 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts with over 24,000 members found in 23 states. In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has five regional offices (Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as ...

Rademaker, John Adrian, 1905-

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Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii (1944-1947) and at Willamette University (1944-1970) . From the description of Papers / John Adrian Rademaker. 1940-1953. (University of Hawaii at Manoa). WorldCat record id: 68048064 Rademaker was a professor of Sociology; Ph. D, Univ. of WA (ca. 1939); served as community analyst at the Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, CO, during WWII. From the description of Papers, 1936. (University of California, L...

Yuzawa, Bun

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Mink, Patsy T. (Patsy Takemoto), 1927-2002

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Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. After graduating as valedictorian of the Maui High School class in 1944, she attended the University of Hawaii at Mānoa for two years and subsequently enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where she experienced racism and worked to have segregation policies elimi...