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Don Wakamatsu: First Asian-American Manager in MLB History
Don Wakamatsu: First Asian-American Manager in MLB History

In late 2008 Don Wakamatsu was became the first Asian-American to manage an MLB club. In 1996 Kerry Yo Nakagawa founded the Nisei Baseball Research Project to preserve the history of Japanese-American Baseball. Similar to African-Americans prior to 1947, Japanese-Americans were excluded from white major league teams due to racism. As a long-time supporter of the NBRP, Don Wakamatsu wrote the following to the NBRP: "Thank You for the recognition and keeping our dreams alive." read on >>

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Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball and Japanese-American InternmentDiamonds in the Rough: Baseball and Japanese-American Internment
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By Gary Mukai and Kerry Yo Nakagawa
This teacher guide is an examination of Japanese-American Internment through the prism of baseball that encourages students to consider concepts such as civil liberties, team sports, acculturation, ethnicity, discrimination, cross-cultural conflict, conflict management, civil liberties, and civil rights. ~ Order Now

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