including a traditional rickshaw with drivers from Asakusa.

She and mens platform winner Sammy Lee also became the first divers of Asian descent to win Olympic gold medals.the California Hall of Fame honors history-making Californians who embody the states spirit of innovation and have changed the state.

she won four national titles from 1946 to 1948.Victoria Vicki Manalo Draves (1924-2010) persevered through racial prejudice to become the first woman to win springboard and platform gold medals in a single Olympics and the first Asian American to medal at the Olympic Games.Three other Nisei —Fred Korematsu.

a Methodist who had never visited Japan and who had a brother serving in the U.We are proud to play a part in recognizing their enduring legacies.

she reluctantly agreed to use her mothers maiden name.

the site of her old elementary school in San Francisco became Victoria Manalo Draves Park.he was again on First Street photographing Janice.

Rafu columnist Sharon Yamato described Reyes as a gentle giant whose camera spoke louder than he ever did.Because hes not Japanese or Asian.

But he kept showing up at event after event after event.Reyes was there to chronicle the ongoing history of Little Tokyo and the Japanese American community – even if.