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Ono, Yoko
(Encyclopedia) Ono, Yoko, 1933- , Japanese-American conceptual artist, songwriter, and recording artist, b. Tokyo, Japan. Ono’s father was a banker…Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Case SummaryFred Korematsu refused to obey the wartime order to leave his home and report to a relocation camp for Japanese Americans. He was arrested and convicted. After losing in the Court…The Supreme Court: Warren Court
Warren CourtThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court The Supreme Court shifted away from its…Kyoko Mori Biography
Kyoko Moripoet, novelist, and nonfiction writerBorn: 1957Birthplace: Kobe, Japan A Japanese-American poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer, Mori was raised in Kobe, Japan, and, inspired by…Chinatowns and Other Asian-American Enclaves
Nihonmachi or Japantowns by David Johnson Guide to Asian-American Enclaves Introduction Chinatowns Filipinotowns Nihonmachi (Japantownss) Little Indias Koreatowns…Johnnie Morton
Johnnie MortonBorn: Oct. 7, 1971Football WR posted 3 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons with Detroit (1997-99); first round selection (21st overall) of Lions in 1994; first-team All-American at…Lenn Sakata
Lenn SakataBorn: June 8, 1954Baseball OF played 11 years in the major leagues (1977-87) with Milwaukee, Baltimore, Oakland and NY Yankees; won World Series with Baltimore in 1983; Japanese-…Iwao Takamoto 2007 Deaths
Iwao TakamotoAge: 81 Japanese-American animator who created the canine detective Scooby-Doo. He learned animation in an internment camp in California during World War II. Takamoto worked on…Miné Okubo 2001 Deaths
Miné OkuboAge: 88 Japanese-American artist whose book Citizen 13660 chronicled the two years she spent in an American internment camp during World War II. After being released from the camp…Fred Korematsu Biography
Fred Korematsuactivist Born: 1919Birthplace: Oakland, Calif. Korematsu was born to a Japanese-American family that owned a flower nursery. After World War II broke out, Japanese living in…Trending
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