Kasten said in a statement released by the team.

she submitted an advertisement for handkerchiefs that was printed in The Los Angeles Evening Express.when she traveled to Washington on behalf of the JACLs Los Angeles chapter to push for an amendment of the Cable Act.

chapter raised $300 from its membership to pay her — an impressive sum at the depths of the Great Depression — and also garnered support from the Chinese American Alliance League.including Toki Slocum and Toro Kanazawa.Sugis interest in the issues facing second-generation Japanese Americans led her to work with Stanford University psychologist Edward Strong.

she watched with anticipation as the bill passed the Senate.They immediately saw the injustice of the Act of 1922.

and opened a store near Little Tokyo

Explaining in 2004 how he would prepare months expanding his stomach ahead of competitions.A vast array of people from the Korean immigrant community.

a professor of Asian American studies at UC Davis.which may have saved my life and kept my sense of self and dignity intact.

The 20/20 interview was crucial in publicizing his case and the movement to support him.twisted journey through the California criminal justice system.