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Title
David Abe, Haru Kishi, Michi Weglyn and Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga
Date Created and/or Issued
1988-06-08
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Photograph of David Abe, Haru Kishi, Michi Weglyn, and Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga at the Justice in Action Awards, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's at the Annual Lunar New Year Dinner at the Silver Palace Restaurant in New York. Back of photo reads: 11 Feb 88. Justice in Action Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's annual Lunar New Year dinner. Silver Palace Restaurant, New York City. David Abe, Haru Kishi, Michi Weglyn and Aiko. Photo rec'd 6/8/88 from sister Ei Y. Suzuki. Title from back of photo.
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers includes photographs and a letter related to Aiko's life, family, and work. Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga was an activist for the Japanese American Redress movement whose research conducted for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) provided key evidence that led to redress. She later co-edited the transcription and publication of the CWRIC hearings, along with other related projects. This collection mostly includes photographs from her early life primarily focused on the years 1930-1950. Subjects in the photographs include the Jerome and Rower incarceration camps, post- World War II Japan, Japanese American soldiers, and Japanese American families.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
color
image/jpeg
Identifier
aiko_06_02_01_010
csudh_aiko_0618
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/45767
Language
English
Subject
Activism and involvement--Civil rights
Community activities--Associations and organizations
Geographic communities--New York--New York
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Women
Identity and values--Men
Identity and values--Family
Identity and values--Sansei
Place
New York City, New York
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kp888m/
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers

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