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Americanization

Essay by a Seattle high school student exhorting people of Japanese background to get 'Americanized' , and improve their mental and social conditions and prove to the American people that we are completely imbued with the American spirit of democracy…

Americans All

Picture of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt shown with leaders of Tacoma's Japanese community in discussing problems of the American-born Nisei. In the accompanying article, she asks tolerance for the Nisei.

Americans All

Letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer pleading for tolerance and understanding among all peoples in this fight for unity and democracy.

Americans argue whether apology would heal wounds

The author gathers quotes from various stakeholders on whether an apology from the US government for slavery will produce any positive results. The article includes a sidebar that details other instances of apologies and reparations, including the US…

Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian -American Memoir of Homelands

Courageously frank and deeply affecting account of a Malaysian girlhood and of the making of an Asian-American woman.