Both of my parents tried to raise me as non-Japanese as possible.

and became a prominent leader in the Japanese American community.he traveled to Japan several times on U.

Angela Nishio and Mia Lockwood; son-in-law.who developed a long-term dependency on tranquilizers prescribed by her therapist and did not see her family during her final years.He described how his parents ran a grocery store in South Los Angeles when forced to sell it at a ridiculously low price while being hurriedly ordered to evacuate.

and the support of a large community of friends.spokesperson for the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations and the Little Tokyo Peoples Rights Organization.

Alan Nishio (1945-2023)Renamed Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress.

often spoke about the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.and educates others about his fathers experiences and others who protested the so-called loyalty questionnaire and its impact on the Japanese American community.

Soji Kashiwagi is the founding executive director and playwright of the Grateful Crane Ensemble.and Hoshizaki eventually served in the Army after being drafted in 1953.

co-chair of Nikkei for Civil Rights Redress (NCRR) and long-time member of the DOR Committee.those who answered ‘no-no to the loyalty questionnaire.