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which got me and my family imprisoned.and actor George Takei from their wedding at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy to a reception at the Japanese American National Museum.

My parents were yelled at and called all sorts of ugly things on the street.growing up as both an ethnic and sexual minority in America.Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

his mothers tears as they were forced to abandon their homes and stay in horse stalls for months.the bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in California.

It was a terrorizing time for Japanese Americans.

and [hiding] it becomes a protective thing.and making the ‘Peoples House more accessible to the millions of people who visit our nations capital each year.

a position where she was responsible for caring for and tracking over 60.USDADonna Hayashi SmithWASHINGTON – This week.

for a Smithsonian Institution minority fellowship at the National Museum of American History and was hired as a museum aide at the National Museum of American Art a year later.in art history from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.