before becoming a teacher in Gardena.

This displays — at least for me — the true beauty of our culture.With the rise of gentrification.

To ensure that their suffering was not in vain.which issued the ejection of all individuals with Japanese ancestry on the West coast of the United States.We have the power to make sure that the suffering of our ancestors and the efforts of those in the camps will never be forgotten.

nearly perished in the concentration camp.the country that calls itself the land of the free and the home of the brave? It happened once.

They helped me realize what being Japanese American meant to me.

Teaching children and teenagers to care about the culture of the Japanese Americans could help.Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) released the following statements to celebrate the life of Japanese American civil rights leader and pioneer Fred Korematsu.

The courts ruling in Korematsu v.Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep.

Korematsus legacy remind us that eternal vigilance is required of all of us.Korematsu challenged his conviction and internment.