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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Order an ImageBorn in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family.
Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington Coalition for Redress, a campaign to obtain restitution from Washington State and the Seattle Public Schools for their wartime actions. In addition, she served as Pacific Northwest Coordinator and a national vice president of the Japanese American Citizens League, which also pressed for restitution. The efforts of many were successful, and the President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act in August 1988. Kinoshita received numerous awards for her work.
In this image, taken a few weeks before the signing of the Civil Liberties Act, Cherry Kinoshita sits below a group of portraits from the Japanese American Citizens League, including her own (upper right).
Caption information source: The Seattle Times: October 3, 1988, p. B2; November 8, 1990, p. D3; July 31, 2008.
Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington Coalition for Redress, a campaign to obtain restitution from Washington State and the Seattle Public Schools for their wartime actions. In addition, she served as Pacific Northwest Coordinator and a national vice president of the Japanese American Citizens League, which also pressed for restitution. The efforts of many were successful, and the President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act in August 1988. Kinoshita received numerous awards for her work.
In this image, taken a few weeks before the signing of the Civil Liberties Act, Cherry Kinoshita sits below a group of portraits from the Japanese American Citizens League, including her own (upper right).
Caption information source: The Seattle Times: October 3, 1988, p. B2; November 8, 1990, p. D3; July 31, 2008.
ID Number: 2000.107.105.35.02
Date: 1988
Creator(s):
Herndon, John H., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.105.35.02, photo by John H. Herndon
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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