Honoring Norman Mineta’s Legacy as He’s Laid to Rest in San Jose

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Norman Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Transportation, Congressmember and San Jose mayor, will be laid to rest in San Jose on Wednesday. Mineta was born in San Jose in 1931. During the Second World War, at the age of 10, he was imprisoned with his family in a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming. As a U.S. Representative, Mineta worked to provide reparations for interned Japanese Americans, co-sponsoring the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. As the Secretary of Transportation on Sept. 11, 2001, Mineta fought against appeals to intern Muslim Americans and later founded the Transportation Security Administration. We'll discuss Mineta’s legacy and celebrate his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.1	I'm Rachel Myro and for Mina Kim.
0:56.4	Today, a solemn Coast Guard honor guard bears the remains of Norman Manetta to San Jose.
1:02.4	He was the son of Japanese immigrants and a survivor of the internment camps,
1:06.9	120,000 Japanese Americans were confined to during World War II.
1:12.6	Meneta, who died last month at the age of 90, rose to become one of the nation's highest profile Asian American statesman in his day, starting on the San Jose City Council.
1:23.6	Let's take a moment today to consider his life and legacy. All that's coming up right after this.
1:29.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Rachel Myro and Vermina Kim.
1:40.3	If you're in the South Bay today, you might be making your way to downtown San Jose
1:45.6	to pay your last respects to Norman Yoshio Mineta. His remains are arriving this morning at the
1:52.4	airport that bears his name, taking a lingering pass through Japan Town and headed to City Hall.
1:59.0	Today and tomorrow, there will be political luminaries from around the
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