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National Japanese American Historical Society Letters (Cont'd) the internment, 17,470 persons of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned in Dept. of Justice camps (including Japanese Latin Americans and renunciates). The Crystal City 50th Anniversary Reunion Journal (Oct. 1993) says of these "dangerous enemy aliens" that "They measured life's worth in service to others... They were selfless, and every sacrifice they made was done as a matter of course. They were the respected leaders of their communities. And because they were... they were the prime targets for arrest... No, they were not bad... [They were] the very best Issei society could offer." Your issue stated that Rev. Fukuda was "An early fighter for redress, he petitioned the President...in 1957..." Was his petition to Eisenhower the first officially documented effort for redress, and if not who was, and when? My Six Years of Internment: An Issei's Struggle for Justice can be purchased at Kinokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco, or from the San Francisco Konko Church, 1909 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 ($18 including postage and handling). -Nobusuke Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (Son of Rev. Yoshiaki Fukuda) ♦ ♦♦ To the Executive Director: We'd like to express our thanks for the wonderful job you are doing with the NJAHS. Your most recent newsletter about "religion-internment" was excellent. We took the liberty of reprinting the article on the establishment of the Midwest Buddhist Temple in the MBT Bulletin - the temple newsletter. I have known Ken Kaji for many years on a long distance relationship. Again, thanks for your efforts. I would like to think that we might drum up some support for NJAHS in the Eastern area. - Yosh and Sharon Harada Chicago, IL The Coram Nobis Team Today " Coram Nobis had a huge impact on us. It was the highlight of our careers," Don Tamaki says. Over ten years since the Hirabayashi victory, Coram Nobis team members continue to show an astonishing commitment to the public interest. Peter Irons continues as professor of political science at the University of California at San Diego, and is director of the Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project. He authored two books on the legal issues of the internment cases. Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases (University of California Press, 1983) covers the wartime period. Justice Delayed: The Record of the Japanese American Internment Cases (Wesleyan University Press, 1989) is about the Coram Nobis cases of the '80s. His People's History of the Supreme Court is due from Viking Press in August. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and Jack Herzig have served as consultants on many projects, including the Smithsonian Institution's exhibition, A More Perfect Union. They are currently working on a compilation of the 700+ testimonies from the CWRIC hearings, a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund project. Dale Minami, Don Tamaki, Rod Kawakami and several other Coram Nobis attorneys are in private practice. They continue to donate time to cases involving immigrant rights and other Asian American issues. Don & Dale serve as pro-bono attorneys on the YWCA case (see page 11). Peggy Nagae, through her consulting business, Total Diversity Management Consultants, presents speeches and workshops nationally to a range of groups from jurists and bar associations to blue-collar workers. Her work involves the importance of diversity, communication, strategic planning, and conflict resolution in organizational change efforts. She is also enrolled in a master's program in spiritual psychology. Karen Kai has served on the Human Rights Committee of the California State Bar Association and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Law Caucus. Karen and her husband Robert Rusky serve as pro-bono attorneys on the YWCA case. Lorraine Bannai and Eric Yamamoto are teaching at Seattle University and the University of Hawai'i, respectively. Yamamoto recently authored Interracial Justice - Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Civil Rights America. He's also working with four other law professors on a text for college and law students on the legal issues of the internment entitled Race, Law and Liberty: the Japanese American Internment and Redress - a Critical Inquiry, funded by CLPEF. Dennis Hayashi was until recently an appointee to the Dept. of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. Also in Washington, Karen Narasaki is Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium. Leigh-Ann Miyasato was formerly Program Director for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, and now is a consultant on a project to improve Asian Pacific Americans' access to the criminal justice system in the District of Columbia. Since 1985, Ed Chen has been a staff attorney at the Northern California ACLU, the same office that represented Korematsu in his wartime case (against the advice of the national office). The local office continues to be strongly protective of immigrant rights in cases involving hate speech, welfare rights, English-only cases and other issues, sometimes joining forces with the Asian Law Caucus. Jeff Beaver remains a member of the Seattle JACL, as well as an active member of the African American legal community in Seattle. Kathryn Bannai practices labor and employment law in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. On March 5,1999, the City and County of Denver dedicated a new 16-story building in the name of Minoru Yasui. ■ Nikkei Heritage • Spring 1999 25
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Transcript | National Japanese American Historical Society Letters (Cont'd) the internment, 17,470 persons of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned in Dept. of Justice camps (including Japanese Latin Americans and renunciates). The Crystal City 50th Anniversary Reunion Journal (Oct. 1993) says of these "dangerous enemy aliens" that "They measured life's worth in service to others... They were selfless, and every sacrifice they made was done as a matter of course. They were the respected leaders of their communities. And because they were... they were the prime targets for arrest... No, they were not bad... [They were] the very best Issei society could offer." Your issue stated that Rev. Fukuda was "An early fighter for redress, he petitioned the President...in 1957..." Was his petition to Eisenhower the first officially documented effort for redress, and if not who was, and when? My Six Years of Internment: An Issei's Struggle for Justice can be purchased at Kinokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco, or from the San Francisco Konko Church, 1909 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 ($18 including postage and handling). -Nobusuke Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (Son of Rev. Yoshiaki Fukuda) ♦ ♦♦ To the Executive Director: We'd like to express our thanks for the wonderful job you are doing with the NJAHS. Your most recent newsletter about "religion-internment" was excellent. We took the liberty of reprinting the article on the establishment of the Midwest Buddhist Temple in the MBT Bulletin - the temple newsletter. I have known Ken Kaji for many years on a long distance relationship. Again, thanks for your efforts. I would like to think that we might drum up some support for NJAHS in the Eastern area. - Yosh and Sharon Harada Chicago, IL The Coram Nobis Team Today " Coram Nobis had a huge impact on us. It was the highlight of our careers," Don Tamaki says. Over ten years since the Hirabayashi victory, Coram Nobis team members continue to show an astonishing commitment to the public interest. Peter Irons continues as professor of political science at the University of California at San Diego, and is director of the Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project. He authored two books on the legal issues of the internment cases. Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases (University of California Press, 1983) covers the wartime period. Justice Delayed: The Record of the Japanese American Internment Cases (Wesleyan University Press, 1989) is about the Coram Nobis cases of the '80s. His People's History of the Supreme Court is due from Viking Press in August. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and Jack Herzig have served as consultants on many projects, including the Smithsonian Institution's exhibition, A More Perfect Union. They are currently working on a compilation of the 700+ testimonies from the CWRIC hearings, a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund project. Dale Minami, Don Tamaki, Rod Kawakami and several other Coram Nobis attorneys are in private practice. They continue to donate time to cases involving immigrant rights and other Asian American issues. Don & Dale serve as pro-bono attorneys on the YWCA case (see page 11). Peggy Nagae, through her consulting business, Total Diversity Management Consultants, presents speeches and workshops nationally to a range of groups from jurists and bar associations to blue-collar workers. Her work involves the importance of diversity, communication, strategic planning, and conflict resolution in organizational change efforts. She is also enrolled in a master's program in spiritual psychology. Karen Kai has served on the Human Rights Committee of the California State Bar Association and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Law Caucus. Karen and her husband Robert Rusky serve as pro-bono attorneys on the YWCA case. Lorraine Bannai and Eric Yamamoto are teaching at Seattle University and the University of Hawai'i, respectively. Yamamoto recently authored Interracial Justice - Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Civil Rights America. He's also working with four other law professors on a text for college and law students on the legal issues of the internment entitled Race, Law and Liberty: the Japanese American Internment and Redress - a Critical Inquiry, funded by CLPEF. Dennis Hayashi was until recently an appointee to the Dept. of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. Also in Washington, Karen Narasaki is Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium. Leigh-Ann Miyasato was formerly Program Director for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, and now is a consultant on a project to improve Asian Pacific Americans' access to the criminal justice system in the District of Columbia. Since 1985, Ed Chen has been a staff attorney at the Northern California ACLU, the same office that represented Korematsu in his wartime case (against the advice of the national office). The local office continues to be strongly protective of immigrant rights in cases involving hate speech, welfare rights, English-only cases and other issues, sometimes joining forces with the Asian Law Caucus. Jeff Beaver remains a member of the Seattle JACL, as well as an active member of the African American legal community in Seattle. Kathryn Bannai practices labor and employment law in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. On March 5,1999, the City and County of Denver dedicated a new 16-story building in the name of Minoru Yasui. ■ Nikkei Heritage • Spring 1999 25 |