but the Oshogatsu crowds grew steadily

which is assigned reading in schools throughout the U.articles and reviews often focused on themes of ethnicity and diversity.

‘They dont and wont speak our language?Many of us who lived through the racism and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II remember what it was like to have those very words directed against one innocent group.Jeannes books and other writings will continue to be important entry points to the Japanese American incarceration story for many.‘They are different from us.

whose powerful memoir Farewell to Manzanar opened Americas eyes to the Japanese American experience during World War II.it was not only bad to be Japanese.

Densho: Densho mourns the loss of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston.

Though she is no longer with us.According to the search warrant affidavit.

Native of HawaiiBetsy Machiko Arakawa was born Dec.but to us he was always just dad and grandpa.

who were all found dead in their remote Santa Fe home on Feb.The cause of death for both remains unknown pending a full autopsy and toxicology reports.