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Organized the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece swing band based in San Francisco, which performs at community events and festivals. Author of the book Reminiscing in Swingtime: Japanese Americans in American Popular Music, 1925-1960, published by the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, California."},{"id":"ddr-pc-42-3","model":"entity","index":"12 162/{'value': 195, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-42-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-42-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-42/ddr-pc-42-3-mezzanine-7beec8b927-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-42/ddr-pc-42-3-mezzanine-7beec8b927-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 3 (January 23, 1970)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Monterey Park Orientals may challenge school desegregation\" (p. 1), \"Nat'l JACL Youth Services Staff Reorganized\" (p. 1), \"Pasadena City Fathers Skirt Action on Title II Resolution\" (p. 1), \"Need for community center in San Francisco J-town under study\" (p. 1), \"Church, civil liberties groups support JACL campaign to rid detention law\" (p. 1), \"Alien engineers for City of Seattle bumped by engineers with citizenship\" (p. 1), \"'Green Says Go' author grateful to JACL for citing slur\" (p. 2), \"10,000 Hosokawa books sold, Chicago crew awaits 2nd printing to fulfill current orders\" (p. 3), \"Asian American study courses OK'd for Berkeley city school curriculum\" (p. 5), \"Berkeley Asians unite to solve school problems\" (p. 6).","extent":"15W x 22.5H","links_children":"ddr-pc-42-3","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"},{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Race and racism -- Discrimination","id":"37"},{"term":"Education -- Higher education","id":"34"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Enomoto, Jerry"},{"namepart":"Kumamoto, Alan F."},{"namepart":"Tsuji, Kenryu"},{"namepart":"Masaoka, Mike"},{"namepart":"Yamaguma, Takito"},{"namepart":"Hamanaka, Joe"},{"namepart":"Hosokawa, Bill"},{"namepart":"Shimizu, Sumi"},{"namepart":"Araki, George"},{"namepart":"Yoshida, Roy"},{"namepart":"Hisata, Tom"},{"namepart":"Tominaga, V."},{"namepart":"Tanaka, George"},{"namepart":"Gima, Richard"},{"namepart":"Okamura, Ray"},{"namepart":"Sakamoto, Frank"},{"namepart":"Fukuda, Nobusuke"}],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"January 23, 1970","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League author Enomoto, Jerry \nKumamoto, Alan F. \nTsuji, Kenryu \nMasaoka, Mike \nYamaguma, Takito \nHamanaka, Joe \nHosokawa, Bill \nShimizu, Sumi \nAraki, George \nYoshida, Roy \nHisata, Tom \nTominaga, V. \nTanaka, George \nGima, Richard \nOkamura, Ray \nSakamoto, Frank \nFukuda, Nobusuke","download_large":"ddr-pc-42-3-mezzanine-7beec8b927-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-118","model":"entity","index":"13 163/{'value': 195, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-118/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-118/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-118-mezzanine-c80e119480-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-118-mezzanine-c80e119480-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 7, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Ayame Okine in Chicago, Illinois, to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, in Hawthorne, California.  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Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Attended school (fifth through sixth grades) while incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and U.S. Department of Justice internment camp at Crystal City, TX. Reunited with father, Jack Kaichiro Yasutake, who was transferred from the U.S. Department of Justice internment camp in Lordsburg, NM to Crystal City, TX camp in 1944. After release from Crystal City camp, moved with parents to Cincinnati, OH. Moved with parents to Chicago, Illinois where father served as Executive Director of the Chicago Resettlers Committee. After high school graduation, attended Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Graduated from University of Illinois. Commissioned as lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1954, assigned to artillery and served in Germany. Returned to U.S. in 1956, discharged from the army. Married, had three sons. Late wife died in 1984. Was remarried in 1988 and has one stepdaughter. Received M.A., New York University. Moved to Ohio, employed by U.S. Air Force as psychologist. Received Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus OH. Moved to Denver, CO. Retired in 1986 from the U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Moved to California, employed by Lockheed. Serves in a volunteer capacity with community organizations, including as president of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and speaks at schools to educate students about the experiences of Japanese Americans and loss of constitutional rights during World War II. 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