paving the way for fewer programs for all those underrepresented by race.

was a pioneering work that was one of the first of the Nisei memoirs and certainly the most widely read.Heart Mountain Interpretive Center: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstons Farewell to Manzanar is an essential part of the Japanese American literary canon.

I felt guilty for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.Beyond Manzanar: Views of Asian American Womanhood and The Legend of Fire Horse Woman — along with numerous essays.a question I had never dared ask myself.

Among my prized collection of autographed books will be hers.I got to know Jeanne a bit in the 2000s.

died of natural causes at her home in Santa Cruz on Dec.

I saw her walking toward the monorail from SeaTac and my husband and I assisted her with her luggage.develop and provide leadership to a service project benefiting their local community; take part in a scoutmaster conference; and finally.

is a senior attending Valencia High School in Placentia.and provided him with countless cherished memories.

son of Michael and Cynthia (Nishimoto) Nishida.to both attract new church members and reconnect current members with Buddhism.