On Sunday, the University of Oregon will name one of its residence halls in honor of the Yasui family. The building on Agate street will bear the name of the Japanese American family whose attendance at UO goes back four generations.
Members of the Yasui family first attended the university in the late 1930s and 1940s, but faced forced relocation and curfews during World War II. UO alumni from the Yasui family include notable figures like Minoru Yasui and Michi Yasui Ando.
Minoru Yasui was a lawyer who challenged the constitutionality of curfews put on Japanese Americans during World War II. He took his case up to the Supreme Court. In 2015, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his advocacy work…