History
A history of the camps: Japanese American imprisonment during World War II
This history is from a pamphlet of the grassroots organization that won redress and reparations, the National Coalition of Redress/Reparations from 1980. The NCRR continues today in Los Angeles as Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress.
Asian Americans United Begin Posting Oral Histories
Asian Americans United, which began in the 1985 in Philadelphia, has begun posting oral histories of its members. They included histories from founders Debbie Wei, Paul Uyehara and Mary Yee. The organization has been involved in significant redevelopment issues around Chinatown as well as educational and youth issues. AAU succeeded Yellow Seeds whose history and archives are posted on this site.
The oral histories can be accessed here.
Yellow Seeds Newspaper Posted On-line
The nearly complete collection of the newspaper of Yellow Seeds, an anti-imperialist organization that operated in Philadelphia Chinatown in the 1970's has been posted on-line. The newspaper was also called Yellow Seeds. Prof. Tamara Nopper of Temple University carried out this archival work. Her blog is found here. Thanks to Tamara.
"A high moral enterprise": Philadelphian Ed Nakawatase reflects on SNCC and 50 years of progress
by Helen Gym
4/12/10
It’s not often we have a chance to celebrate the amazing lives of extraordinary Philadelphians, but the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was just too good of an opportunity not to let folks know about Philly’s own Ed Nakawatase.
The Case of Chol Soo Lee 1973-82
see also story of his acquital
CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHOL SOO LEE CASE (1973-78)
Hibakusha: Japanese American Atomic Bomb Survivors
Review: Chains of Babylon
In Chains of Babylon by Daryl Maeda looks at the history of the Asian American Movement, focusing on the creation of the Asian America identity. Chains see this evolution in relation to the dominant white culture and the emerging Black power movement. This identity was further developed by its solidarity with other oppressed groups globally, most notably with the Vietnamese then fighting a war for liberation against U.S. forces and their South Vietnamese allies.
I Wor Kuen's 12 Point Program
1969 from Getting Together Newspaper
I WOR KUEN
12 POINT PROGRAM AND PLATFORM
Chapter Four - The Birth of the New Movement: Stepping Toward New Values and New Community
Stan Shikuma "The Making of a Modern Folk Art: Taiko in the Pacific Northwest/Canadian Southwest Region"
