Documentary on suppressed story of Japanese American #RESISTANCE during WWII incarceration. https://xitter.cf/t.co/bKLZ4MtNlr
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Trump's Executive Order ending birthright citizenship takes effect February 19, the anniversary of FDR's #EO9066 authorizing mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. buff.ly/40wixZ0
PRESS RELEASE: Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Receives A Presidential Pardon istandwithravi.org/2025/01/1…
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4 years before Rosa Parks ignited the Montgomery Bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat in Alabama, there was PFC Sarah Keys from the Keyesville neighborhood of Washington, NC, who when traveling from Fort Dix in NJ back home to Washington, NC on August 1, 1951, was told to relinquish her seat to a white Marine and move to the back of the bus.
Keys refused to move, thus the driver emptied the bus, directed the other passengers to another vehicle, and barred Keys from boarding it.
When Keys asked why she shouldn’t ride the bus, she was arrested and spent 13 hours in a cell.
Keys was eventually ordered to pay a $25 fine for disorderly conduct, was released, and put on a bus to her hometown. Her case was brought before the Interstate Commerce Commission with Dovey Johnson Roundtree as her lawyer and wasn’t settled until 1955.
In Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, the ICC favored Keys, ruling the Interstate Commerce Act forbids segregation.
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Send a message to #Congress: Pass the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, a vital step toward repealing the AEA, ensuring it can no longer be used to justify widespread detention or #deportation without due process. click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c…
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Join us in urging @potus to do the right thing.
Sign the petition today! 🖊️✨
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Marion I. Masada grew up in Salinas, California and was incarcerated in the Salinas Assembly Center and Poston during WWII. In this clip, she shares her experience as a survivor of sexual assault in camp, and how she found power in telling her story to others.
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On this day in 1961, thousands of white people rioted and hurled rocks at Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the University of Georgia's first Black students.
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Kyuji Aizumi, an Issei incarcerated at age 56, wrote this poem in the Fort Missoula Alien Detention Center, a poignant reminder of the isolation, abandonment, and heartbreak experienced by nearly 126K persons of Japanese ancestry during incarceration. #NeverAgainIsNow
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Today President Biden will award Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi & 19 others the Presidential Citizens Medal. It was #MitsuyeEndo's case that was responsible for closing the WWII Japanese American Incarceration camps. Read more about the recipients here: tinyurl.com/d9d5edtx
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Loyalty, patriotism, and citizenship are not a function of one's appearance or heritage. #JapaneseAmericanIncarceration #NeverAgainIsNow
This is what happened the last time the Alien Enemies Act was used. For Giving Tuesday, please support THEY TOOK MY FATHER TOO, a film about a Little Tokyo, Los Angeles family facing forced removal and separation in March 1942. Read about the project: buff.ly/3ZtkDcV
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Thanksgiving in Japan is known as Kinro Kansha no Hi (Labor Thanksgiving Day), a holiday dedicated to celebrating workers, much like Labor Day in the United States. Japanese elementary school children often create cards to show appreciation for workers. #JapaneseCulture
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Maurice H. Yamasato was one of nearly 1,800 Japanese Peruvians who were forcibly removed from their homes by the U.S. government and incarcerated in Crystal City, Texas.
Invest in Densho’s work to preserve #UntoldStories for generations to come: densho.org/give
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, public perception of Japanese Americans changed for the worse. Its metamorphosis was fast and biting, barely allowing Japanese Americans to process what had happened… and what would happen. #neveragainisnow #wwii #japaneseincarceration
Japanese Americans know a bit about the Alien Enemies Act that Trump just said he'd use in a mass deportation program. It was last used to arrest and lock up thousands of Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants during WW2. buff.ly/4dQF5IF
At a hearing about hate, @SenJohnKennedy embodies the very definition of institutionalized hate in the form of islamophobia. Playing a very familiar tune, this clip shows how emboldened and empowered racists are today in our society and politics.
.@SenJohnKennedy: You support Hamas, do you not?
@AAIUSA's Maya Berry: Hamas is a foreign terrorist organization that I do not support...You asking the executive director of the Arab American Institute that question very much puts the focus on the issue of hate in our country?
"Great" racist #MAGA minds think alike : After thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans resisted the "loyalty questionnaire," Congress passed the Denaturalization Act of 1944 to make it possible for them to renounce their U.S. citizenship. encyclopedia.densho.org/Dena…
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On 9/12 at 4pm in Maple Valley, a horrific vehicular assault occured on two Muslim women with an infant in a stroller. CAIR-WA has been in close touch with the family since Friday. The assailant has been arrested by King County Sheriff's Office.
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The vet in this photo has been identified! By wearing his WWI uniform as he arrived at the Santa Anita Assembly Center, Hikotaro Yamada, an Issei, emphasized his loyalty to the United States. Read about him here: discovernikkei.org/en/journa… #worldwarII #japaneseamericanhistory
