Minoru Yasui, Japanese American testing legality of curfew law
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- 1942-03-30
Part of Al Monner news negatives
Photograph showing Minoru Yasui, wearing a suit with arms folded behind his back. Born in Hood River, and later becoming a lawyer after attending the University of Oregon Law School, Yasui questioned the legality of curfew laws imposed on Japanese Americans in Portland. On March 28, 1942 he deliberately broke a military curfew law in Portland, by walking around downtown and presenting himself for arrest (negative 1 of 2).
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998