Richard Imamura talks about his family history, his father growing up in Korea and Japan before moving to the United States, his mother experiencing incarceration during World War II and he and his family’s experiences with Judo.
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Rumiko Arakawa relates her personal and family history, including her parents immigration from Japan, living in Dinuba before World War II, her family’s incarceration in the Poston War Relocation Center and life in Detroit during and after the war before returning to California.
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Naomi Tagawa relates her life story, her experiences before, during and after World War II and Japanese-American incarceration, discrimination and the redress and reparations movement.
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Gary Tsudama discusses his life before, during and after World War II, including his time incarcerated at the Stockton Assembly Center and the Gila River War Relocation Center.
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Holder of the Olympic decathlon championship, symbolic of rating as the world’s greatest athlete, Rafer Johnson has put the small Fresno County community of Kingsburg on the athletic map in a big way. In addition to his Olympic crown, Rafer won AAU decathlon titles in 1956, 1958, and 1960, the Pan-American Games championship in 1955, […]
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Born and reared in Sanger, Calif., this tall, slender youngster learned to throw a football with accuracy at an early age. He captained the Sanger High School football, basketball and baseball teams in his senior year . Flores was voted Sanger Athlete of the Year and then enrolled at Fresno City College. He quarterbacked the […]
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A true student-athlete who rose from humble beginnings in Auberry to become an all-conference quarterback at Stanford, a standout performer in the Canadian Football League and one of the best punters in National Football League history. Earned the attention of college scouts at Clovis High, where he starred in football and basketball. Capped his collegiate […]
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With her strong right arm, productive bat and steady glove, she contributed mightily to Fresno State’s rise to prominence and helped build the fan base that led to the construction of the nation’s best softball stadium. Named team MVP and San Joaquin Valley media female athlete of the year four straight seasons while dividing […]
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