July 2018
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More than 400 converge upon ‘hallowed ground’ at Tule Lake Pilgrimage
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
The theme for the 2018 Tule Lake Pilgrimage was “Preserving Our Hallowed Ground.” It attracted more than 400 attendees, ranging in age from 7 years old to 98, coming from […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Jack Hajime Nakashima
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
NAKASHIMA, JACK HAJIME, 89, was born on May 1, 1929 in Tacoma, Washington and passed away peacefully on July 6, 2018 at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. During WWII […] READ MORE
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Calif. Civil Liberties projects, relating to JA wartime incarceration, announced
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Library has awarded $694,000 for 26 projects through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, which aims “to remind Californians of the civil liberties […] READ MORE
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Engaging kids with culture
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book By Michelle Haney Brown; illustrated by Aya Padrón (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2017, 32 pp., $10.95, hard cover) “My […] READ MORE
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Nikkei literary pioneer re-examined
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
JOHN OKADA: THE LIFE AND REDISCOVERED WORK OF THE AUTHOR OF NO-NO BOY Edited by Frank Abe, Greg Robinson and Floyd Cheung (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018, 376 pp., […] READ MORE
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Fathoming the ‘lessons and limits of history’
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
LETTERS TO MEMORY By Karen Tei Yamashita (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2017, 200 pp., $19.95, paperback) In his insightful Sept. 13, 2017 Christian Science Monitor review of Karen Tei Yamashita’s […] READ MORE
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Documenting an evolving movement
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
NCRR: THE GRASSROOTS STRUGGLE FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN REDRESS AND REPARATIONS By Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Press, 2018, 400 pp., $30, paperback) In […] READ MORE
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A rebel with many causes
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
REBEL LAWYER: WAYNE COLLINS AND THE DEFENSE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN RIGHTS By Charles Wollenberg (Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books, 2018, 160 pp., $20, hardcover) Representing unpopular clients is a lawyer’s highest […] READ MORE
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A plant lover’s delight
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
THE BERKELEY BOWL COOKBOOK: RECIPES INSPIRED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF CALIFORNIA’S MOST ICONIC MARKET By Laura McLively (Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 2018, 216 pp., $34.95, hardcover) It all started […] READ MORE
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The irony of Nikkei citizenship during mass incarceration
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
CITIZEN INTERNEES: A SECOND LOOK AT RACE AND CITIZENSHIP IN JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMPS By Linda L. Ivey and Kevin W. Kaatz (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2017, 277 pp., $48 […] READ MORE
