ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded ...

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Eighty years ago this month, a 10-year-old American boy from San Jose, California, was loaded by armed U.S. Army soldiers onto a train heading to Los Angeles. With him were his four siblings, also ...

Norman Mineta was 10 years old when he and his family were shipped to Heart Mountain Relocation Center (search) in Wyoming. Mineta, whose father came to the United States to farm sugar beets, ...

Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror ...

Norman Mineta, who as federal transportation secretary ordered flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks, has died. He was also the first Asian American to ...

From the day he was born until the day he died, Norm Mineta was a role model. The world would be a better place if more elected officials had his grace, integrity and desire to improve the lives of ...

As the gateway to Silicon Valley, San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) is bringing cutting-edge artificial ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after ...

But Mineta, widely liked and respected in Washington for his deep knowledge of transportation issues, managed to escape the brunt of that criticism. In 2006, he resigned at age 74 after 5 and 1/2 ...