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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

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Apr 05, 2024
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Tomekichi Homma, taken about 1908 NMA 2013.55.4
“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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