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- The child of immigrants, Norman Mineta's uniquely American story charts a path from the shame he experienced as a Japanese American inside a U.S. internment camp during World War II to his triumphant rise to political prominence that has shaped every level of government, and made him one of the most influential Asian Americans in the history of our nation.
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About the Show. Meet the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese...
The Mineta Legacy Project captures the life, career, and contributions of Norman Mineta with an hour-long nationally televised documentary, Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story, and a free web-based educational curriculum.
May 15, 2019 · “Norman Mineta And His Legacy: An American Story,” a documentary portrait of the American statesman and trailblazer, includes interviews with the two presidents under whom he served as a cabinet...
Meet the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese ancestry, Mineta rose to become the first Asian American to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Norman Mineta recalls the bombing of Pearl Harbor when he was just 10 years old and its impact on Japanese-Americans. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066,...
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Meet the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese ancestry, Mineta rose to become the first...
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May 10, 2018 · An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy: Directed by Dianne Fukami. With George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, Lane Hirabayashi. Documentary of life of Norm Mineta from childhood internment in USA camps for Japanese Americans, to successful political career as Mayor of San Jose, congressman, then Secretary of Transportation.
