When Black families of decades ago found themselves unable to buy homes in Pasadena and other nearby cities due to the cruelty of redlining.

and led them in various exercises.I see a need for greater public education on this issue locally and nationally.

we need to remember the lessons of history and continue to educate each generation.Photos provided by Ron MukaiBeginning in the 1920s.Nearly all the people who attend the jiu jitsu center are completely unaware that the government incarcerated the Japanese Americans.

each Japanese American was provided with $25 and a one-way train ticket to their former hometowns.2 marked the 80th anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II were allowed to return to their former hometowns on the West Coast.

showed family photos that chronicle his familys over 100-year presence in East L.

and why he seems so fair and committed to helping others.a Methodist who had never visited Japan and who had a brother serving in the U.

We are proud to play a part in recognizing their enduring legacies.she reluctantly agreed to use her mothers maiden name.

the site of her old elementary school in San Francisco became Victoria Manalo Draves Park.and the California Museum on Dec.