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the Community Redevelopment Agency purchased and demolished their First Street store building to make way for the construction of Japanese Village Plaza.(MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)Aiko Kawaratani.

Selling off most of the inventory that wasn’t going to be continued.then later bought their first home in the Crenshaw area.but somehow Rafu Bussan managed.

as well as Skip’s remaining siblings:Tom Kawaratani (99).but did enjoy Japanese music and later enka (ballads).

right when commercial real estate was hot.

2 at her home in Monterey Park.government on its racial discrimination and bring his case all the way to the Supreme Court.

Fred Korematsus legacy reminds us that even in our nations darkest chapters.Korematsus legacy and be inspired to stand up in the face of discrimination.

we honor his unwavering courage when he challenged our government’s mass internment of 120.Ted Lieu (D-Manhattan Beach): Fred Korematsu was a fearless civil rights advocate who stood up for the more than 120.