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Minoru Yasui continues to inspire at the Obama Presidential Center
Minoru Yasui is featured in the Obama Presidential Center's The Power of Words exhibit, recognizing his enduring impact on civil rights and justice.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
5 days ago
Recognize Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi's Bravery with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
(Photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration) As you know in 2014 and 2015, I and others, spearheaded an effort for my former client, Minoru Yasui, to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom from then President Barack Obama. An award Yasui richly deserved for his courageous and principled stand during World War II as he had intentionally violated the military curfew imposed upon all persons of Japanese Ancestry to test its constitutionality. I am now working
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 17, 2024
In The News
10 reasons to visit an Oregon museum this summer
The Oregonian | Amy Wang | June 22, 2025
Minoru Yasui made civil rights history. A new exhibit explores his family’s Oregon story
The Oregonian/Oregon Live | Jonathan Bach | June 13, 2025
Important Lessons to Fight Fascism from Minoru Yasui . . .
ACLU of Oregon | Sandy Chung, Exec Dir. | May 8, 2025
New University of Oregon residence hall celebrates legacy . . .
The Oregonian | Chiara Profenna | April 29, 2025
Oregon roots: A History of the Yasui Family . . .
University of Oregon | Ed Dorsch | April 23, 2025
A lifetime struggle for justice
University of Oregon | Ed Dorsch | April 23, 2025
Yasui Hall: A Center for Growth and Learning
University of Oregon | Ed Dorsch | April 23, 2025
Yasui Hall: A new home for Ducks
University of Oregon | Ed Dorsch | April 23, 2025
REBROADCAST: Honoring Minoru Yasui, Oregonian who challenged curfew . . .
Oregon Public Broadcast | Julie Sabatier, Sage Van Wing, Sheraz Sadiq | March 28, 2025
Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi awarded prestigious presidential honor for World War II activism
The Oregonian | Veronica Nocera | January 2, 2025
Advancing Democracy In The Face Of Current Threats
The North American Post | Sharon Maeda | July 1, 2024
University of Oregon Names New Residence Hall For The Yasui Family
University of Oregon | June 10, 2024
She won a case challenging imprisonment of Japanese Americans. She still hasn't . . .
NBC News | Lynda Lin Grigsby | May 11, 2024
LEGAL LEADERS: Two of the three coram nobis cases were led by Sansei women.
Pacific Citizen (JACL) | Lynda Lin Grigs | June 7, 2024
Today is Minoru Yasui Day. For this Oregon attorney, it’s been a life’s work
Here is Oregon | Chiara Profenna | March 28, 2024
MYLP Co-Founder Joins UO Law as Panelist for Annual Minoru Yasui Event
University of Oregon School Of Law | January 25, 2024
Minoru Yasui’s Legacy Lives on in Colorado and Beyond
Colorado Law Week | March 28, 2023
Issaquah High grad wins national contest for portrait of Oregon’s ‘unsung hero’ . . .
The Seattle Times | June 29, 2021
8 Asian American Attorneys Who Shaped the History of the United States
The National Law Review | May 20, 2021
Trimet Celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islander History & Leaders
Trimet | 2021
Testing the Law: Minoru Yasui’s Centenary
Smithsonian Institue | October 26, 2016
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