According to Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias, Fresno is the first city in California to make changes to its Municipal Code that end discrimination against Indigenous people. The amendment also [...] Continue Reading
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The “Other” Incarcerated Japanese
During World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were taken by U.S. authorities and placed in concentration camps around the country. The government argued that these Japanese Amercans might [...] Continue Reading
Kidnapping of the Naganuma Family in Peru
“I was 20 months old when I arrived with my family at the Crystal City camp [in Texas], so I don’t remember those events,” said Kazumu Naganuma. “I learned about this experience thanks to my older [...] Continue Reading
Chinatown Needs a Meaningful Vision and Dynamic Leadership
Fresno’s Chinatown is unique among similar historical sites in the state. In the 20th century, it developed as a center of community life, integration and economic development for the state’s central [...] Continue Reading
Protecting Indigenous Rights and Stoping Discrimination based on Caste
Protecting Indigenous Rights and Stopping Discrimination Based on Caste According to Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias, the City of Fresno is the first city in California to [...] Continue Reading
Can the Police Be Trusted?
California Attorney General Rob Bonta came to Fresno on Sept. 12 and held a forum with Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, a panel of community leaders and several grassroots community groups. The purpose of the [...] Continue Reading
The Rise of Black Studies
Beginning at Merritt College in Oakland in 1961, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton organized the Negro History Fact Group, which was the first Black history course offered in higher education. The course [...] Continue Reading
An Infamous Event That Sparked a “Forgotten” Memory
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942–1945. This project is made possible through a grant from the California Civil [...] Continue Reading
“First They Came…” Again
We are again in a period of racist ultranationalism and right-wing extremism. It’s not the first one. We can choose to defend those who are under attack now. Or we can wait until the attackers come [...] Continue Reading
Activists Remember the Chicano Moratorium 53 Years Later
BY MARCOS FRANCO (Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission from Caló News.) It wasn’t long after sheriff deputies rolled up on the more than 20,000 protestors waving Mexican flags and picket [...] Continue Reading
Un Infame Evento Que Despertó un Recuerdo “Olvidado”
(Nota del editor: este es el comienzo de una serie mensual de historias dedicadas al encarcelamiento japonés de 1942-1945.) Un día de verano del año 2000, el Dr. Isao Fujimoto (1933-2022) vino a [...] Continue Reading
“Fresno County Didn’t Do a Thing”
A Vigil for Bessie Walker Around 75 people gathered in Fresno’s Courthouse Park on Aug. 21 for a prayer vigil in memory of Bessie Walker. The date marked two years since Walker, a 27-year-old [...] Continue Reading