The Chicago Nisei Before World War II
BY TAKAKO DAY In Japanese American history, Chicago is known as one of the primary urban relocation areas for those who were incarcerated in American concentration camps during World War … Continue reading
Over 700 Commemorate 2017 Chicago Day of Remembrance and 75 Years Since E.O. 9066
BY RYAN MASAAKI YOKOTA “This actually happened. This happened to somebody I love,” stated poet and author Dwight Okita, in talking about why he writes poetry about the Japanese American … Continue reading
2016 Day of Remembrance in Chicago
BY RYAN MASAAKI YOKOTA On February 21, 2016, some 300 members of the Japanese American and broader Chicago community came to the Chicago History Museum in order to attend the … Continue reading
The Japanese Young Men’s Christian Institute of Chicago and the Japanese Women’s Club, 1907-1929
BY MAYUMI HOSHINO On November 29th, 1913, the Chicago Daily Tribune reported on a special dinner banquet that had invited “every known Japanese resident in the city” and was held … Continue reading
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