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SUMMARY:Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight For Justice
DESCRIPTION:"Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice" relates
  the life history of an American hero. Minoru (Min) Yasui was born and rai
 sed in the small farming town of Hood River\, Oregon in 1916\, by Japanese
  immigrant parents\, Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui. He was the first Japanese A
 merican attorney in Oregon and during World War II\, he initiated a legal 
 test case by deliberately violating military orders that lead to the incar
 ceration of over 120\,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in U.S. War Relocat
 ion Authority concentration camps. He spent 9 months in solitary confinem
 ent awaiting his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court\, which ruled against hi
 m.\n\nAfter the war\, he moved to Denver and continued to defend the human
  and civil rights not only of Japanese Americans but for Blacks\, Latinos\
 , Native Americans\, religious minorities\, children and youth\, the aged\
 , low income people\, etc. As Executive Director of the Denver Commission 
 on Community Relations\, he helped to initiate and oversaw a plethora of p
 rograms and organizations serving diverse communities.\n\nIn the 1970s and
  80s\, he spearheaded the redress movement to win reparations and a formal
  apology from the government for the injustices against Japanese Americans
  during World War II. He also reopened his wartime case\, and it was in ap
 peal when died in 1986. He is buried in his hometown of Hood River\, Orego
 n.
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CATEGORIES:Tacoma
LOCATION:Tacoma - CSL\, Center for Spiritual Living 206 North J Street \, T
 acoma\, WA\, 98403\, United States
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