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"We'll have the possiblity of hosting blockbusting exhibits"

Wing Luke Memorial Museum received the King County Arts Commission's 1985 Arts Service Award. The money received from this award and other funding is to go to moving into a new space by January 1987. Includes a drawing of what the new Museum would…

"What is it, to be an American?"

Author mentions how race still plays a factor in determining who's "American", no matter how many generations one's family has lived here.

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" And Other Conversations About Race

There is a moment when every child leaves color-blindness behind & enters the world of race consciousness. At that moment, there are two roads parents, educators, & therapists can take: they can follow the status quo, internalizing racial…

"Women to Join Anti-Jap Fight" article from The Seattle Star

Headline and article from a Seattle newspaper. "The women of Seattle are asked to join with the Anti-Japanese league in contesting the extension of Japanese holdings on the Coast."

"Xiu Xiu": Joan Chen's Magnificent Tribute to Women and sent-down children

(Bill passed the US Senate to bring definition of Merchant Marine veteran of WWII consistent with other branches of the service)

(editorial)

Short editorial on draft resistors during WWII

(Letter to the Editor)

Author writes to the Editor regarding any information concerning a small cemetery in McMurray (Skagit County) belonging to a group of Japanese loggers who worked there in the early 1900s.

(sound)

Issue 41, August 2009

(World War II Merchant Seamen)

Partial article on plight of WWII merchant seamen who are not regarded as veterans but some have been extended burial benefits .