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LETTERS: Kudos for coverage of Topaz pilgrimage
October 28, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
I am a subscriber and a member of the Board of Directors of the Topaz Museum. The articles by Martha Nakagawa were terrific. The coverage given to Topaz is much […] READ MORE
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CA Civil Liberties Public Education Program targets Nikkei World War II stories
October 28, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO — The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP), a state-funded program administered by the California State Library, announced that funding for gathering first-person Japanese American World War II […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Interest in wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans continues
October 21, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
As time goes by, I am struck by the enduring interest in the WWII Japanese American concentration camp experience. I am still writing an occasional book review for an Asian […] READ MORE
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Cherry Blossom Alumnae’s conference considers incarceration and its legacy
October 7, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
On Oct. 3, the Cherry Blossom Alumnae (CBA) held its third annual CBA Conference at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown. Panelists representing four generations of Japanese Americans came […] READ MORE
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Untold stories of Tule Lake Segregation Center unveiled at pilgrimage
July 22, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
The 2010 Tule Lake Pilgrimage had the apt theme of “Sharing the Untold Stories of Tule Lake,” as more former Tuleans participated in the four-day pilgrimage, many for the first […] READ MORE
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Roundtable highlights JA preservation projects
July 1, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Nichi Bei Weekly Report As part of the National Asian Pacific Islander American Historic Preservation Forum, held June 24-26 in San Francisco, a Japantown Heritage Roundtable was held at the […] READ MORE
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Multicultural group brainstorms memorial idea for tribal history, WWII DOJ camp
June 17, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
BISMARCK, N.D.— The United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) hosted more than 50 people from 15 states to discuss an appropriate memorial commemorating the various World War II Department of Justice […] READ MORE
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Former San Jose State University students return for honorary degrees
June 10, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Chitoshi Akizuki was a San Jose State University freshman and a member of the basketball team when his studies and those of other Japanese American students were interrupted by World […] READ MORE
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Planning a memorial in North Dakota
June 10, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
We gathered over the Memorial Day weekend as special guests of United Tribes Technical College, located on the grounds of Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, N.D. This was one of the Department […] READ MORE
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For UCLA Nisei, ‘a dream deferred has now been achieved’
May 27, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
LOS ANGELES — For 48 Japanese American students whose dream of acquiring an education at UCLA was cut short in February 1942, more than two months after Japan’s attack on […] READ MORE
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