Kayomi Wada
B.A. from the University of Washington in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences concentrating in Arts, Media, and Culture
Kayomi Wada is a M.A. student at the University of Washington Tacoma. She earned a B.A. from the University of Washington in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences concentrating in Arts, Media, and Culture. She is currently researching Japanese American and African American communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Articles by
Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893)
Born on February 24, 1811 to free Black parents London and Martha Payne in Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Alexander Payne...
Aaron Henry (1922-1997)
Born on July 2, 1922, to sharecroppers Mattie and Ed Henry on the Flowers plantation in Coahoma County outside of...
Central Contractors Association
In 1969, Walter Hundley, director of the Seattle Model Cities Program, encouraged local black independent contractors to organize in an...
National Black Feminist Organization (1973-1976)
Founded in May 1973, the National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO) addresses the double burden of sexism and racism faced by...
National Association of Colored Womenโs Clubs, NACW (1896– )
The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc. (NACW), was established in July 1896 as a merger between the National...
Black Studies Association (Kokujin Kenkyu no Kai) of Japan
Nukina Yoshitaka, a scholar in American literature, wrote that he was motivated to found the Black Studies Association in Tokyo,...
President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice (FEPC)
On June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, creating a Committee on Fair Employment Practices (FEPC)...
National Society of Black Engineers (1975- )
Established in 1975 at a national conference held at Purdue University, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) was created...
1967 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders was organized by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 28, 1967 to investigate...
United Construction Workers Association
The United Construction Workers Association (UCWA) was founded in 1970 by Tyree Scott, an electrician who had become a Seattle...
Barack Obama’s Call to Service: One Woman Responds
In the following article University of Washington, Tacoma student Kayomi Wada describes how she and other Tacoma residents banded together...
Bluefields, Nicaragua (ca. 1650- )
A city at the mouth of the Escondido River and the Caribbean Sea, Bluefields is home to a large black...
