The Little Tokyo Historical Society on Jan. 4 unveiled a new City of Los Angeles sign marking the former location of the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights.
Read MoreBefore Pearl Harbor and the nationalist hysteria that led to the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, there was a thriving community of Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Read MoreOn Nov. 1, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to include the Japanese Hospital building on the Historic-Cultural Monument designation listing.
Read MoreThe former Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights became a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in November 2016.
Read MoreEstablished during an era of discriminatory medical practices, the Japanese Hospital opened its doors to a diverse clientele in the wake of a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreJapanese Hospital Cultural Heritage Commission Hearings.
Read MoreJapanese Hospital Event.
Read MoreThis public program, researched and organized by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and Discover Nikkei, recounted the Japanese community’s struggle for better medical care in the 1920s.
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