Me about it, i always dismissed it. But this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. So you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. So in 1969, i ran for the City Council Post that i had by appointment. But on the brochure, i couldnt say reelect norm because i hadnt been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. How supportive was the Japanese American Community to your campaign . Very. I had great support from within the community. At that point it was probably maybe 2 of the population, 3 . Very, very small. But i had great support from the Japanese American Community. And so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayors post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. So then that mayor and many people said, hey, youve got to run for mayor. Well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the city council and running the business, and it was r
Afterwards wes moore traces his career choices from combat veteran to social entrepreneur to find his lifes purpose. On American History tv on cspan3 saturday night just after 7 00, the 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing Race Relations and opposition to racial integration and sunday at 6 30 p. M. Eastern, former cia chief of disguise tells the story of a husband and wife kgp spy team that infiltrated through the use of sex. Send us a tweet at cspan. In 2008 he was interviewed about congressional efforts to seek redress. Its about an hour for this world history. Today is friday july 4th 2008. Were in denver at the Japanese American National museums conference, and this morning we have secretary Norman Mineta with us. And im doing this differently. We usually do an oral history and i start from the very beginning. But because of time constraints, im really going to focus on the redress, so the first question, i just want to find out, was there anything in your early life that led you
What this cartoon did from a journalist socially credible and deeply entrusted as life magazine was, especially at a time of such po larty was deeply irresponsible, in my opinion. Which we can all appreciate from contemporary standpoint. When people flinch at the use of the term jam. And one thing i do appreciate about it, though is acknowledgment, at least, in a public forum that most people could not tell the difference between certain types of asians, which, you know, i think a lot of us still agree would happen today. Well, would it happen today . Would it happen today . Would this happen again . Taking a large number of americans, citizens because of their race their religion, their national origin. I mean its not the same thing, but its sort of happening with the ferguson and, like, you know, racial policy in the United States right now. So its not the same thing at all. But its only still an issue today. In terms of race. What if theres another 9 11. What would happen . I dont k
So even though i had people ask me about it, i always dismissed it. But this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. So you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. So in 1969, i ran for the City Council Post that i had by appointment. But on the brochure, i couldnt say reelect norm because i hadnt been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. How supportive was the Japanese American Community to your campaign . Very. I had great support from within the community. At that point it was probably maybe 2 of the population, 3 . Very, very small. But i had great support from the Japanese American Community. And so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayors post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. So then that mayor and many people said, hey, youve got to run for mayor. Well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the city council and ru
We’re not exaggerating when we say Saturday’s Luzerne County Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame induction ceremony was the valley’s social event of the season.