Issei Voices

Issei Voices. . , 1887 Heinlenville Chinatown founded , 1890 San Jose’s Japantown founded , 1895 Wesley United Methodist Church established , 1902 San Jose Buddhist Temple established , 1910 Kuwabata Hospital built (Issei Memorial Building) , 1916 Japanese Theater built (Okida Hall) , 1922 U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on naturalization of Issei , 1923 American Loyalty League formed in San Jose (JACL) , 1932 San Jose Konko Church established , 1933 Filipino Community Center founded , 1935 San Jose holds first Odori Festival , 1941 November 1 – MIS Language School started , 1942 February 19 – Executive Order 9066 leads to incarceration of Japanese American and Issei , 1943 February 1 – 442nd Regimental Combat Team activated , 1943 Prayer Garden Church of God in Christ established , 1945 Japanese Americans begin return to San Jose , 1946 Northern California Seicho-No-Ie established , 1961 San Jose Community Youth Service founded , 1967 Japantown Business Association Established , 1971 Norman Mineta elected Mayor of San Jose , 1973 San Jose Taiko formed , 1974 Yu – Ai Kai established , 1977 San Jose holds first Nikkei Matsuri Festival , 1979 Nihonmachi Outreached Committee formed , 1987 Japanese American Museum of San Jose founded , Contemporary Asian Theater Scene established 1994 , Mike Honda elected to U.S. House of Representatives 2000 , Norman Mineta appointed first Asian American in President’s Cabinet 2000 , Japantown Community Congress of San Jose established 2002