Tomekichi Homma, Canadian: 1
Homma's challenge of racist voting laws is a reminder that now is always the right time to fight for the expansion of human rights
“He was surely the foremost
advocate and activist of Nikkei civil rights,
and without peer “
George Tanaka[1]
On October 19, 1900, Tomekichi Homma, a naturalized Canadian citizen, resident in this country for seventeen years, marched into Vancouver’s court house and demanded to register to vote. With a federa…
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