Word: nisei
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Besides the astonishing new breezes blowing from China, there were some refreshing political stirrings in the air at home. In San Jose, Calif., Norman Mineta, a Nisei who spent two years during World War 11 in a U.S. relocation camp, was handily elected mayor. For a special election in Maryland's First Congressional District, voters between 18 and 21, enfranchised for the first time, turned out last week at twice the rate of their elders...