the organization led a national campaign to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th.

James and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston are seen at their wedding ceremony in Hawaii in 1957.Houston was the author of three other books — Dont Cry.

Literature and Communication from the Japanese American Citizens League; and the Award of Excellence from the Japanese American National Museum.written by Houston and her husband.but still that badass woman of her youth.

Houston also co-wrote the screen-play for the 1976 NBC television adaptation.the memoir was one of the first publications to discuss the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.

her 2003 novel ‘The Legend of Fire Horse Woman.

Based upon her personal experiences during and after her familys imprisonment.stripping away our liberty and dignity and causing incalculable personal and property losses.

have experienced what it’s like to be subjected to these harmful policies.First to Be Rounded UpRinban William Briones.

government and military authorities viewed Buddhism as un-American and its followers as more likely to be disloyal.We are clearly in a constitutional crisis.