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Minoru Yasui made civil rights history. A new exhibit explores his family’s Oregon story
Minoru Yasui made civil rights history. A new exhibit explores his family’s Oregon story
Minoru Yasui made civil rights history. A new exhibit explores his family’s Oregon story

Published on: 06/13/2025

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Barbara Yasui sees for the first time the exhibit featuring her family. “The Yasui Family: An American Story” opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. At right is Kerry Tymchuk, director of the historical society. June 12, 2025A small trunk owned by Renichi Fujimoto during his incarceration at Minidoka. The trunk is part of a larger exhibit, “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025The cash register from the Yasui Brothers Co. store in Hood River. The store was forced to close after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The cash register is part of a sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at The Yasui Family: An American Story, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025Glass containers once held candy at Yasui Brothers Co. store in Hood River, Oregon. The items are part of the exhibit “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025One wall of the exhibit highlights a poem by Kay Yasui, son of Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui. Kay Yasui, who died by suicide in 1931, composed this poem shortly before his death. The poem addresses harassment he experienced living in Hood River. “The Yasui Family: An American Story” opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. June 12, 2025A photograph of Renichi Fujimoto standing in the Yasui Brothers Hood River store is featured in “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025An information graphic shows where members of the Yasui family were during WWII. “The Yasui Family: An American Story” opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025Barbara Yasui, right, saw her family’s exhibit for the first time Thursday during a press preview. She is an educational consultant for Densho, a vast digital archive of Japanese American history. Yasui, who is the daughter of Homer Yasui, wrote the accompanying article to the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) exhibit. The piece appears on the OHS website. June 12, 2025The Yasui Brothers Co. made calendars that they gave to customers every year. Here, a stack of calendars made in 1942 were never distributed. The calendars are part of a sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. June 12, 2025Items, including an abacus, from the Yasui Brothers Co. store in Hood River. Much of the material for the exhibit, “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, had been stored in an old barn belonging to the family. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025Maija Yasui, who helped provide the material for the exhibit, stands in front of a section that features pivotal scenes from the family’s history. “He felt so betrayed by people he thought were his friends and colleagues, that he never returned to Hood River,” she said of Masuo Yasui. June 12, 2025Barbara Yasui sees for the first time the exhibit featuring her family. “The Yasui Family: An American Story” opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. At right is Kerry Tymchuk, director of the historical society. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025A sneak peek at The Yasui Family: An American Story, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. In telling the story of the prominent Hood River family, the exhibit illuminates the broader history of Japanese Americans in the United States and the political crosshairs many, the majority of them American citizens, were ensnared in during WWII. June 12, 2025Family members made a short film on their annual trips to harvest Matsutake mushrooms in the forests of Oregon. It is featured in the exhibit, “The Yasui Family: An American Story”, which opens Friday, June 13, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. June 12, 2025

Uncle Homer’s voice caught Maija Yasui off guard.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/06/minoru-yasui-made-civil-rights-history-a-new-exhibit-explores-his-familys-oregon-story.html

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