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Uno was born in 1929 in Los Angeles, California.
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Edison Uno
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Not long after, he was transferred to the Crystal City Internment Camp in Texas, where he remained for the duration of World World War World War II Following the war, Uno graduated from Los Angeles State College with a degree in political science. He later became involved in academia, teaching at the University of California, San Francisco, and various civil rights issues. Uno was active in grand jury reform, as well as in such civil rights issues as the Wendy Yoshimura Defense Fund, Title II Repeal, Redress for Evacuation, and the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and worked on Farewell to Manzanar television program
Uno died of a heart attack in 1976.
University of California, San Francisco, where Uno helped create one of the country"s first Ethnic Studies programs, established the Edison T. Uno Public Service Award in recognition of his impact on the school and the larger community.
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