"Mr. Yasui was an American civil rights pioneer who bravely stood up against our government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII," US Congressman Mike Honda who was also incarcerated in an internment camp told NBC News. "He demonstrated a lifetime commitment to civil rights, from his intentional defiance of the military curfew and his Supreme Court case, through his fight for redress for Japanese Americans, to his civil rights advocacy in Denver, where he brought together different communities of color."
The Life and Legacy of Minoru Yasui - NBC News.com
Friday, March 27, 2015
Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Sikhs, Hindus Will Now Be Tracked - NBC News.com
"Today we all stand together to show that hate has no place in America," Jasit Singh, Executive Director of The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) said at the press conference, "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and only together will we address the root of this hate."
Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Sikhs, Hindus Will Now Be Tracked - NBC News.com
Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Sikhs, Hindus Will Now Be Tracked - NBC News.com
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