The NVC Memorial Hall was built in 1938 as a dojo for the Kendo Kai but was abandoned in the spring of 1942 during the incarceration. In the face of racial discrimination and prejudice, a group of recently discharged Nisei veterans in Seattle who had served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service established the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee on March 25, 1946, to serve the...

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Where once Seattle was populated by dozens of large garment factories employing hundreds of women seamstresses throughout the city, now only a few specialty shops remain. In a burst of activity around the turn of the century, firms like the Seattle Glove Manufacturing Company set up shop. During the peak of the garment manufacturing industry, from the 1940s through the 1980s, Asian American women—first Japanese, then Filipinos and Chinese, then...

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Thanks to the work of Native activists, the Seattle Indian Health Board opened its doors in 1970 to provide access to healthcare operated by Native people for Native people. A recognized leader in the promotion of health improvement for urban American Indians and Alaska Natives, the Seattle Indian Health Board serves approximately 6,000 patients each year.

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