by Joyce Hirohata and Paul T. Hirohata, ed. Foreword by Bill Hosokawa

Nisei Voices celebrates the lives and documents the orations of Japanese American valedictorians of California public schools in the 1930s. First published by Paul T. Hirohata in his book Orations and Essays (1935), Joyce Hirohata has reprinted the anthology complete with photographs and interviews. The fifty oration manuscripts provide a rare glimpse into the thoughts of Japanese Americans prior to World War II. Students featured in the anthology will join Ms. Hirohata and share their experiences.