Undated Photo of Frank and Jun Hirata

ID: 5384 ~ Source: Courtesy of Gonzaga University
This file appears in: The Unlawful Arrest and Detainment of Frank Hirata

Frank Hirata brought his wife Jun to the United States sometime after he had moved to Spokane in the 1890s.

This file appears in: The Unlawful Arrest and Detainment of Frank Hirata

By Mary R. Bass
Kazuma “Frank” Hirata was a prominent member of Spokane’s Japanese-American community. During the 1930s he was the manager of the Spokane Vegetable Growers Association, a critical organization for the Japanese community’s economic success in the…