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Esther Yun
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From: amos cruz <amosje...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Subject: April 1st, 2010 - Wat Misaka - 1940's Japanese American Collegiate/NBA Basketball player
To: ey...@umd.edu
Hello Esther!
I work with the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. We would like to invite you and your community to view Transcending, a documentary about Wat Misaka, a nisei Japanese American collegiate basketball star who played during the World War II era. Misaka led the University of Utah to national championships in 1944 and 1947. In between those NIT and NCAA championship seasons, he served as a translator for the Army in occupied Japan. After the 1947 season, he was picked by the New York Knickerbockers, however, in the post-WWII times of racial adversity, Misaka was dropped from the team after 3 games.
Come join us in learning his story of his love for basketball, war-time history, and breaking racial boundaries on April 1, 2010:
Doors open at 6:00PM and the movie starts at 6:30PM. Admission is FREE and open to anyone and everyone! The audience will have a chance to ask questions of Wat Misaka, who will be present during and after the event.
I am attaching a flyer for the event. Please feel free to pass share the event with anyone you might feel interested.
Many thanks in advance,
Amos
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Amos Jesse Cruz
Asian American Studies Program, Graduate Assistant
MBA/MPP, International Development Policy, Graduate Student
University of Maryland, College Park
510.305.2005
amosje...@gmail.com
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From: amos cruz <amosje...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Subject: April 1st, 2010 - Wat Misaka - 1940's Japanese American Collegiate/NBA Basketball player
To: ey...@umd.edu
Hello Esther!
I work with the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. We would like to invite you and your community to view Transcending, a documentary about Wat Misaka, a nisei Japanese American collegiate basketball star who played during the World War II era. Misaka led the University of Utah to national championships in 1944 and 1947. In between those NIT and NCAA championship seasons, he served as a translator for the Army in occupied Japan. After the 1947 season, he was picked by the New York Knickerbockers, however, in the post-WWII times of racial adversity, Misaka was dropped from the team after 3 games.
Come join us in learning his story of his love for basketball, war-time history, and breaking racial boundaries on April 1, 2010:
The Hoff Theater in the Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland, College Park
Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20742
University of Maryland, College Park
Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20742
Doors open at 6:00PM and the movie starts at 6:30PM. Admission is FREE and open to anyone and everyone! The audience will have a chance to ask questions of Wat Misaka, who will be present during and after the event.
I am attaching a flyer for the event. Please feel free to pass share the event with anyone you might feel interested.
Many thanks in advance,
Amos
--
Amos Jesse Cruz
Asian American Studies Program, Graduate Assistant
MBA/MPP, International Development Policy, Graduate Student
University of Maryland, College Park
510.305.2005
amosje...@gmail.com
Stay connected to AAST! JOIN the Asian American Studies Program Facebook group, or SUBSCRIBE to our listserv!
Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee. The information may also be confidential and/or legally privileged. This transmission is sent for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction, or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and its attachments, if any.
E-mail is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC SS 2510-2521 and is legally privileged.
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Esther Yun
Univ. of Maryland
College Park, MD
Class of 2010
Public & Community Health
Family Science
Korean Minor
ey...@umd.edu
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