Micheal Hosokawa

Micheal Hosokawa, born on September 11, 1940 in Portland, Oregon. As a child, him and his family were moved to Heart Mountain in Wyoming. They spent two years in camp and were able to leave the camp after his father found a newspaper job in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1946, his family moved to Denver, Colorado. Micheal Hosokawa moved to Columbia, Missouri to teach at the University of Missouri.

The following links are excerpts taken from the oral history of Micheal Hosokawa.

World War II

HEART MOUNTAIN

RACISM AS A CHILD

After the War

INCIDENTS OF RACISM

 

George Hosokawa (Micheal's father?) in 1924