Community activities

Japanese Americans of the pre-World War II era, urban and rural dwellers alike, lived in tight-knit communities bound together by a wide variety of shared associations and institutions. In an era marked by pronounced anti-Asian racism, Japanese Americans in cities tended to live in segregated ghettoes. While discrimination was the reason for isolated Japanese American neighborhoods, the well-organized and tight-knit community provided a rich social and cultural foundation for the Japanese immigrants and their children.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 9 (February 28, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-9)

Selected article titles: "Rumford Act Repeal Measure Found Qualified" (p.1), "Sen. Kuchel Honored by JACL; Predicts Civil Rights Bill Win" (p.1), "Gov. Brown Pledges Support to Seek Needed Farm Help" (p.1), "PSWDC Major Medical Insurance Program to Be Launced when Brochure Printed" (p.1), "Civil Rights Act" (p.2), "Nisei Pastor of Negro Church Cited" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-9/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 21 (May 22, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-21)

Selected article titles: "Realtor against Initiative Addresses PSWDC, Explains Cal. Fair Housing" (p.1, 4), "100th Infantry Regains Old Name" (p.1), "Naturalized Issei Permanently Residing in Japan Aided by Rule" (p.1), "Community Affairs Seminar to Be Organized" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-21/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 8 (February 21, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-8)

Selected article titles: "Growers Council to Recruit Domestic Hands for Bracero" (p.1); "Federal Aid in Housing Periled by Initiative" (p.1), "Tacoma Voters Reject Housing Ordinance" (p.1), "Cortez JACL Planning Community Center" (p.1), "Civil Rights Act" (p.2), "City Hall Approves Li'l Tokio Rebuilding" (p.3), "Once a North Dakota Homesteader, Kitagawa Now a Spry 88" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-8/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 7 (August 14, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-33)

Selected article titles: "Judge Black Backs Civil Rights Act Accommodations" (p.1), "Federal Urban Renewal Fundsd Jeopardized by Prop. 14 Nod" (p.1), "Nisei in Snake River Valley Area Active in Local Community, Civic Programs" (p.1), "New Japanese Town in Salt Lake Proposed as Civic Auditorium Complex Underway" (p.1), "Salt Lake JACLers Concerned over Battle of Educational Forces …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-33/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 5 (February 2, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-5)

Selected article titles: "PSWDC Chapter Clinic Expected to Be Among Best" (p.1), "Revised Fair Housing Bill for San Fancisco City Presented" (p.1), "1942 Emergency Meeting" (p.2), "New Canadian Immigration Policy Removing Some Color Bars Adopted, Seek Quality Instead of Quantity-JCCA Not 'Sold'" (p.3), "Oregon State Senator Urges Nisei to Pass Wartime Evacuation Experiences to Sansei" (p.3), …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-5/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 9 (March 4, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-9)

Selected article titles: "Asian Pacific Women's Network: Four Honored with 'Women Warrior' Awards" (pp. 1, 3), "Movie Review; 'Color of Honor' Looks at the Overlooked" (pp. 2-3), "Japanese Farmers' Winter of Discontent" (p. 3), and "John Aiso: 1909-1987: Army Intelligence Relied on Nisei" (pp. 4, 10).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-9/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 6 (August 8, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-31)

Selected article titles: "Name Change for Center Devised to Arouse Wider Support: Doizaki" (pp. 1, 3), "Congress Passes 7-Yr. Extension of Voting Act" (p. 1), "Indochinese Refugee Issue: Senate Recommendations" (p. 1), and Nikkei Physicians Feel High Rates for Malpractice" (pp. 1, 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-31/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2045 (June 1, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-21)

Selected article titles: "Harvey Itano: First Nisei Named to Nat'l Academy of Sciences" (p. 1), "First Friday Feature: The Chilling Fact Is the Same: Nikkei and Jews Both Interned by Their Own Nations for Only One Reason--Ancestry!" (p. 3), "A Question of Leadership" (p. 6), and "Nisei Relays Attract Record Entry of 364" (p. 11).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-21/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol.121, No. 7 (October 6-19, 1995) (ddr-pc-67-19)

Selected article titles: "No Apology for 'Slanty' Eye Reference to Nomo" (pp. 1, 6), "ORA Meets with JACL for Redress Update" (pp. 1, 6), "Evacuation Stories Highlight Topaz Event" (p. 5), and "MIS Postwar Phase Topic of Seattle Reunion" (pp. 7, 11).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-67-19/

img Fashion show (ddr-csujad-26-127)

Two Japanese American women pose in front of an audience during a fashion show. Verso reads, "a fashion show." From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_05_096

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-127/

doc Personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-43)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including family interactions, memories, homesickness, friendships, social interactions, school, self-reflection, juvenile delinquency, peer behaviors, death, religion, opinions, and worldviews. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-43/

doc Broadcast affair Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-26-18)

Chronological account of an Office of War Information visit to Tule Lake to ask incarcerees to broadcast about the conditions of the incarceration camp in response to reported propaganda broadcasts on Tokyo radio. Report describes conditions under which the broadcast would have been made, details of meetings, and arguments for and against the broadcast. Report compiled …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-18/

University of California evacuation and resettlement study: The Gila River WRA relocation center, Rivers, Pinal County, Arizona (ddr-csujad-26-27)

doc University of California evacuation and resettlement study: The Gila River WRA relocation center, Rivers, Pinal County, Arizona (ddr-csujad-26-27)

Description of the Gila River incarceration camp during the first month of occupation, including camp location, climate, landscape, barracks, issues with camp construction, poor conditions and lack of furnishings, incarcerees who were subjected to upon arrival. Camp administration, food and housing issues, camp employment, security, recreation, and social groups are described and analyzed. Report compiled as …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-27/

img Two women walking (ddr-csujad-26-71)

Two Japanese American women walking while people gather in background in front of desert landscape. From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_05_008

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-71/

img [Meeting and talk] (ddr-csujad-5-19)

A photograph of a meeting. It depicts that a Japanese or Japanese American man is sitting on a chair and giving a talk to an audience at a meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-19/

img [Kawase family photo] (ddr-csujad-56-248)

Portrait of the Kawase family. Appears to be before World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-057

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-248/

img [Kawase family, onion fields] (ddr-csujad-56-256)

Members of the Kawase family work in their onion field. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-065

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-256/

img Hold your breath! (ddr-csujad-56-139)

Photo of x-ray technician and x-ray machine. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-139/

img [Kawase family photo] (ddr-csujad-56-250)

Portrait of the Kawase family in color. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-059

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-250/

img [50th anniversary reunion] (ddr-csujad-56-246)

50th anniversary reunion of incarcerees from Camp Amache are featured in this color photo. [Haruo kawase] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-055

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-246/

img [Surgery] (ddr-csujad-56-137)

Surgical procedure in progress. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-137/

img [Women in the lab] (ddr-csujad-56-138)

Five women working in a lab. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-138/

img [Kawase family] (ddr-csujad-56-251)

Kawase family members in May 1997. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-060

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-251/

img Hop on the truck (ddr-csujad-56-136)

Family photo of the Kameokas in the back of a truck in front of a train. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-136/

img [Group portrait of the Kawase family] (ddr-csujad-56-254)

Portrait of the Kawase family with Great Grandma Holly in the middle. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-063

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-254/