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05164aam a22004578i 4500 001 653F786C8B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 151104s2016 cou b 000 0ceng c 010 $a 2015043305 020 $a 1607324288 020 $a 9781607324287 035 $a (OCoLC)929863672 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c COD $d DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d COA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E184.J3 $b R6352 2016 082 00 $a 973/.04956 $2 23 100 1 $a Robinson, Greg, $d 1966- $e author. 240 10 $a Essays. $k Selections 245 14 $a The great unknown : $b Japanese American sketches / $c by Greg Robinson. 263 $a 1608 264 1 $a Boulder : $b University Press of Colorado, $c [2016] 300 $a xx, 325 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a An anthology of articles that originally appeared in the column, "The Great Unknown and the Unknown Great," in the Nichi Bei Times and the Nichi Bei Weekly, and several articles that appeared in other periodicals, as well as some previously unpublished material. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [313-319) and index. 520 $a "Introduces a readable collection of portraits about a group of extraordinary men and women who made remarkable contributions in the arts, literature, law, sports, and other fields, and shed light on largely unknown aspects of Japanese American history"--Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Issei women: an overview -- Shio Sakanishi: Library of Congress official and scholar -- Fuki Endow Kawaguchi's diary -- Tel Sono: Issei women lawyer and missionary -- Ayako Ishigaki: feminist and peace activist -- Isamu Noguchi's struggle against executive order 9066 -- Kathleen Tamagawa: first Nisei author -- The Chino and Ohi families -- Milton Ozaki: mystery writer -- Yone U. Stafford: pacifist militant -- Jenichiro Oyabe: a "Japanese Yankee" at Howard University -- Eddie Shimano: crusading journalist and poet -- Kay Karl Endow: novelist, aviator, and con man -- John M. Maki: writer and educator -- Buddy Uno and Bill Hosokawa: two Nisei journalists in occupied China -- The hidden contributions of Guyo Tajiri -- The tragic and engaging career of Sam Hohri -- Hisaye Yamamoto and the African-American press -- Mitsuye Endo-plus grand dans son obscuritÌÆ°? -- Lincoln Seiichi Kanai's act of conscience -- The exclusion of Naomi Nakano -- Koji Ariyoshi: a Hawaiian Nisei in Mao's china -- Sanji Abe and martial law in wartime Hawai'i -- The case against Michelle Malkin -- The McCloy memo: new insight into the causes of removal -- Norman Thomas and the defense of Japanese Americans -- Eleanor Roosevelt and Japanese Americans: a first look -- Paul Robeson: "your fight is your my fight " -- Alan Cranston and Japanese Americans -- Two wartime governors and mass removal of Japanese Americans -- Hugh Macbeth: African American defender of Issei and Nisei -- John Franklin Carter: the real-life Lanny Budd -- Masuji Miyakawa, first Issei attorney -- The family behind Oyama v. California -- Regan v. King: when birthright citizenship was last tested -- Yasuo Sasaki: poet, physician and abortion rights pioneer -- Ina Sugihara: interracial activist -- Mervyn Dymally: unsung hero of Japanese American redress -- Setsuko M. Nishi: a life of service -- Arthur Matsu: first Japanese American in the National Football League -- Nisei in pro basketball: Wat Misaka and Dr. Yanagi -- Early Japanese Americans in organized baseball -- The JAC: and the integration of the American Bowling Congress -- Jun Fujita: poet and photographer -- Robert Kuwahara: cartoonist and animator -- The "double life" of Conrad Yama -- Reiko Sato: actress and dancer -- The unknown life and art of MinÌÆ°o Okubo -- Gyo Fujikawa,:artist and author -- Shinkichi Tajiri: sculptor -- Kiyoshi Kuromiya: a queer activist for civil rights -- Sexuality from Issei to Nisei -- The rise of homophobia in Japanese American communities -- The rise of homophobia; part 2 -- Hawaii 1986: the shift to equal rights -- The JACL's historic vote for Equal Marriage Rights -- The astonishing history of Japanese Americans in Louisiana -- Japanese Americans in prewar Chicago: an overview -- Japanese Americans and the death penalty -- The other side of the Hood River story -- S.I. Hayakawa: jazz specialist and civil rights supporter -- Anne Reeploeg Fisher and Morton Grodzins: the censorship of confinement -- Gordon Hirabayashi's surprising postwar career. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 $a Japanese Americans $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Japanese Americans $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Japanese Americans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00981441 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 730 0 $a Nichi Bei times. 730 0 $a Nichi Bei weekly. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103023808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=653F786C8B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search