Poston Pilgrimage – Oct. 21-22, 2022
You are invited to join me for the Poston Pilgrimage, hosted by the Poston Community Alliance! History comes to life during this two day event with workshops, meals, and more.
New book details how two O.C. families and a farm helped integrate public schools
A Japanese American family’s modest farm in Westminster once harvested much more than just asparagus, strawberries and tomatoes. Its fields were also woven into the story of Mendez, et al v. Westminster, one of Orange County’s most famous civil rights cases.
A True Story of Families Fighting Racism
The Sansei author describes the book as “the true story of two immigrant families who came to Southern California for better lives, only to face their own separate battles against racism in the midst of World War II. One family came by land from Mexico and the other by sea from Japan. Little did they expect their paths would meet and lead to justice and desegregation for all the schoolchildren of California in Mendez, et al. v. Westminster (1947) — seven years before Brown v. Board of Education (1954).