Kida, Isaku, 1905-1996

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Kida, Isaku, 1905-1996

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Kida

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Isaku

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1905-1996

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Kawase, Nobuyuki, 1905-1996

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Kawase

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Nobuyuki

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1905-1996

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Isaku Kida (1905-1996) immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1930 as a student of theology. Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, he fell under the suspicion of the FBI for his growing interest in Communism. Arrested and interned at Ellis Island, he was subsequently released to work as a language instructor for the Office of Strategic Services. Nearing the end of WWII, Isaku became a business manager, and later, president of the Hokubei Shimpo (renamed New York Nichibei in 1945). During its run from 1945 through 1993, the paper documented the life of New York's postwar Japanese American community, serving not only as a place to obtain community news but also as an important outlet for Asian American writers. A range of progressive causes from civil rights to women's and gay rights found expression within its pages. In addition, the paper regularly documented developments in the Asian American Movement born in Chinatown in the late 1960s and 1970s, the Asian American arts movement, and the redress movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

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