Title The house on Lemon Street : Japanese pioneers and the American dream / Mark Howland Rawitsch ; Afterword by Lane Hirabayashi

Published Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Series George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series. Contents Here Is Your Chance -- The Schoolteacher and the Samurai's Daughter -- Here to Stay -- In the Shadow of the Mission Inn -- Pilgrim's Progress -- Little Lamb Gone To Jesus -- The People of California Versus Harada -- World War and a Basket of Apples -- Face to Face -- Keep California White -- The Only Time I See the Sun -- Farewell to Riverside -- Leaving Lemon Street Behind -- Camp -- Blue Bandanas and an Ironwood Club -- From Issei to Nisei -- Questions of Loyalty -- It's Up To You, Medic -- Home -- Epilogue: Sumi's House -- Afterword -- Glossary of Japanese Terms Summary In 1915, Jukichi and Ken Harada purchased a house on Lemon Street in Riverside, California. Close to their restaurant, church, and children's school, the house should have been a safe and healthy family home. Before the purchase, white neighbors objected because of the Haradas' Japanese ancestry, and the California Alien Land Law denied them real-estate ownership because they were not citizens. To bypass the law Mr. Harada bought the house in the names of his three youngest children, who were American-born citizens. Neighbors protested again, and the first Japanese American court test of the Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Harada, Jukichi, 1875-1944. Harada, Ken, 1881-1943. Harada, Jukichi, 1875-1944 -- Family Harada, Jukichi, 1875-1944 -- Trials, litigation, etc SUBJECT Harada, Jukichi -- Trials, litigation, etc Harada, Jukichi -- Family Harada, Ken, 1881-1943 Harada, Jukichi, 1875-1944 Harada, Jukichi, 1875-1944 fast Harada, Ken, 1881-1943 fast Harada, Jukichi. fast/nic/nac Subject Japanese Americans -- California -- Riverside -- Biography Immigrants -- California -- Riverside -- Biography Japanese Americans -- Civil rights -- Case studies Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States -- Case studies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Families Immigrants Immigrants -- Civil rights Japanese Americans Japanese Americans -- Civil rights Race relations SUBJECT Riverside (Calif.) -- Biography Riverside (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject California -- Riverside United States Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings History Biographies Case studies Trials, litigation, etc. Biographies. Trial and arbitral proceedings. Case studies. Biographies. Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo. LC no. 2012011912 ISBN 9781607321668 1607321661 9781457117374 1457117371 9781457117350 1457117355

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