A Rebel's Outcry: Biography Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954)
A Rebel's Outcry: Biography Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954)
The book won two gold medals from the 91st California Book Awards (“Contribution to Publishing”) and 26th Independent Publisher’s Book Awards (“Most Outstanding Design”), and finalist with Writer’s Digest, Eric Hoffer and Montaigne Medal Book Awards. **
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Based on Rafu Gigyu Ondo by Kenichi Sato
A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954) is an illustrated biography and detailed look into the life of Japanese American civil rights leader Sei Fujii, known for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952 and founding the Japanese American newspaper Kashu Mainichi (California Daily News). His complex history reveals his intriguing journey as an immigrant, a social justice activist, unionizer, and a community leader. Fujii’s story exemplifies the multitude of ways Americans have and may continue to fight for our civil rights.
The official biography on Sei Fujii is the source material written by author Kenichi Sato and was commissioned by manager Junko Maruya of the Kashu Mainichi. Following the work by Sato, LTHS conducted over ten years of extensive research, including interviews with countless community members, Fujii’s family, and visiting his ancestral samurai home in the Takamori Village of Iwakuni, Japan. Publication of this book is sponsored by Union Bank and UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the George and Sakaye Aratani Community Advancement Research Endowment.
Translated by Saeko Higa-Dickinson
Edited by Naomi Hirahara
Original Artwork by Takashi Uchida
Layouts by Amy Inouye
Publishers Jeffrey Gee Chin & Fumiko Carole Fujita
** Awards:
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-06-06/91st-annual-california-book-awards
https://ippyawards.com/166/medalists/2022-medalists--outstanding
Honorable Mention:
https://ghostwriterinside.com/blog/announcing-the-winners-of-the-30th-annual-writers-digest-self-published-book-awards/
ABOUT THE PUBLISHERS
LEGACY OF WORK
LTHS Board Members Jeffrey Gee Chin & Fumiko Carole Fujita believe Sei Fujii’s long-forgotten contributions must be recognized. Little Tokyo Historical Society has led several successful endeavors honoring Fujii’s legacy with Award-Winning Short film “Lil Tokyo Reporter”, memorial lantern, historic designation of Japanese Hospital, and posthumous law license with the Japanese American Bar Association.
Filmmaker Jeffrey Gee Chin is an MFA alumnus of University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and honors graduate of University of California at Berkeley Film Studies. His mission is to share the untold stories of immigrant pioneers who have changed the fabric of the United States. His activism began in his youth, when he documented the stories at China Camp State Park and Angel Island Immigration Station, he was later mentored by Director John Singleton.
Fumiko Carole Fujita is a third-generation Japanese American activist. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles for undergraduate studies before enrolling at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, earning a professional doctoral degree in 1965. She worked for the County of Los Angeles for 33 years, becoming the pharmacy director at the Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center. In 1942, during World War II, Carole spent the first two years of her early life in internment camps, first at the Santa Anita Assembly Center in California then at the Rohwer Relocation Camp in Arkansas. Since her retirement, Carole has volunteered with the Little Tokyo Historical Society and was a founding board member in 2006.
“Sei Fujii’s journey represents the period from Asian Exclusion to Inclusion, and his fearless fight to provide rights for the generations of immigrants who thrive in California today. His American story must be told!”
