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Voices of Chicago
Growing Up Sansei in Chicago
Normally, I am a fearless writer, but this commission from the Chicago Japanese American Historical…

Keith Uchima • Dec. 8, 2007

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Chicago communities families Illinois picnics United States
Chicago communities families Illinois picnics United States
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Building the Timeline ... Re-connecting to Community
Growing up as a Sansei in Chicago, I didn’t hear much about the internment camps and the post…

Laurel Fujisawa • Aug. 10, 2007

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Voices of Chicago
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1941 Kakaako, Honolulu, Hawaii. Sunday It is very early in the morning. I look ou…

George Suyeoka • June 29, 2007

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Voices of Chicago
Japanese American Redress: A View from the Midwest
Introduction I joined the staff of the JACL as its Midwest Director in October 1978 and I knew im…

William Yoshino • April 13, 2007

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activism Chicago Illinois Japanese American Citizens League Midwest Region (U.S.) Redress movement social action United States William Yoshino World War II
activism Chicago Illinois Japanese American Citizens League Midwest Region (U.S.) Redress movement social action United States William Yoshino World War II
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Voices of Chicago
On Being Japanese American...
Growing up in the 1970’s in Chicago’s near west suburbs, there were few people like me.…

Nicole Sumida • March 23, 2007

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Voices of Chicago
Connecting Cultures through Kimono and Sari
On a February morning when a faint hint of spring was in the air, a diverse group of Chicagoans gat…

Dean Raffaelli • Nov. 18, 2006

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Voices of Chicago
Day of Remembrance 2006
Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei. It never occurred to me that I would live to see five generati…

Jean Ikezoe-Halevi • Oct. 31, 2006

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communities Day of Remembrance Erin Yoshimura Gil Asakawa World War II
communities Day of Remembrance Erin Yoshimura Gil Asakawa World War II
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Voices of Chicago
Shinkichi Tajiri : World Renown Sculptor
Shinkichi Tajiri, a world renowned sculptor, celebrated his 80th birthday with a Netherlands exhibi…

Alice Murata • Sept. 13, 2006

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442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces artists arts retired military personnel sculptures Shinkichi Tajiri United States Army veterans World War II
442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces artists arts retired military personnel sculptures Shinkichi Tajiri United States Army veterans World War II
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Voices of Chicago
Sports, Community, and History: Reflections on Recording the Japanese American Experience in Chicago
Outside, the bone-chilling February winds are blowing fiercely off of Lake Michigan, but inside, th…

Alec Yoshio MacDonald • Sept. 12, 2006

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Voices of Chicago
Census 2000 Portrait of Japanese Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: A Portrait of Japanese Americans in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
Compared with the West, South, or Northeast regions in the US, the Midwest region has both the smal…

Mary Doi • Sept. 1, 2005

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census Chicago Illinois United States
census Chicago Illinois United States
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