![]() J– Chicago Tribune – Filmmaker wins grant for movie about internment of Japanese Americans J– Chicago Tribune – Thousands turn out for Arlington Heights’ Japan Day celebration Octo– Chicago Sun-Times – War hero Sam Saburo Ozaki, Chicago’s 1st Asian-American principal, dead at 90Īug– Chicago Tribune – Chicago rediscovers long-lost art from World’s Columbian Exposition Octo– Chicago Tribune – Sam Ozaki, World War II veteran and CPS principal, dies at 90 October 15, 2015 – Chicago Tribune – Joni Ishida, ran Japanese restaurant in Chicago, dies at 84 Janu– Chicago Tribune – Dancer Sono Osato inspires Thodos’ new ‘Journey’ĭecem– Oak – Where life leads us: Family history exerts a powerfull pullĭecem– – Japanese war diary could find its way home: Solving a 70-year-old mystery Ma– Medill Reports Chicago – Illinois primary results highlight rising political power of Asian Americansįebru– Chicago Tribune – Bombing survivor Tsuyako Liebmann, active in Buddhist community, dies at 89įebru– Medill Reports Chicago – Japanese Americans commemorate the 74th anniversary of World War II internmentįebru– Chicago Tribune – Thodos Dance presents new works in ‘Chicago Revealed’ Ma– Chicago Tribune – Storyteller shares Japanese Culture at Botanic Garden J– Chicago Magazine – 10 Things to Do This Week in Chicago J– DNA Info – World War II Japanese Internment Subject Of Alphawood Exhibit J– Windy City Times – Alphawood Gallery debuts internment exhibition J– Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago gallery exhibit explores WWII Japanese internment camps in US J– BBC News – Japanese-American internment: ‘They came for me’ J– Chicago Reader – Everyone in Chicago should see ‘Then They Came for Me’ J– WBEZ Worldview – Weekend Passport: Japanese Internment Exhibition J– Chicago Tribune – Photo Exhibit Examines Detention of Japanese-Americans During World War II Links are listed in reverse chronological order.Īug– WBEZ Curious City – What happened to Chicago’s Japanese neighborhood? ![]() Links here do not necessarily mean endorsements of content, and are strictly to collate available online sources for reference. Links to Chicago Shimpo stories are not listed below but can be located here. ![]() “Her story exemplifies a core American principle we are a nation of laws where one person can stand up against an injustice and alter the course of our democracy.This page will serve as a resource linking to external mainstream media sources that have featured stories related to the Nikkei (Japanese American) community in Chicago, the Chicagoland area, and Illinois. Endo was an ordinary person who made the extraordinary choice to forgo her own freedom in order to secure the rights of 120,000 Japanese Americans who were wrongfully imprisoned without the benefit of due process,” wrote US Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) in a letter to President Obama recommending Endo for the honor. RELATED: Hawaii's Patsy Mink Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom Mitsuye Endo, Supreme Court figure, seated at her desk in the administrative office at the Central Utah Relocation Center, 1942. The US Supreme Court ruled in her favor 9-0, however, it conveniently held the announcement of its ruling until the day after President Roosevelt lifted the exclusion order, and it failed to make any larger constitutional conclusions. She turned down an offer for conditional release by the US government and remained incarcerated at Topaz for two additional years so her case could continue. #APAHM - Brian Schatz May 13, 2015Įndo challenged the incarceration on the grounds of habeas corpus or unlawful imprisonment. Mitsuye Endo was a selfless woman & her fight to end Japanese internment is deserving of the Medal of Freedom. ![]()
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