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Letter from C. Walter Borton and Homer L. Morris to Dear Friend, May 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-4)
Report to people who have contributed financial support for the Gordon Hirabayashi case on the hearing before the Supreme Court. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_02
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Letter to Dear Friend from the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-3)
Fundraising letter requesting contributions for taking Gordon Hirabayashi's case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. At the time of writing, Hirabayashi was imprisoned in King County, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_01
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Suggestions for resolutions about evacuees of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-4)
Presents arguments and supporting "data" to assert that the claim that "America is a white man's country" is "un-American"; that the Government must make a greater effort to supply housing and financial aid for people who are resettling; that those opposing resettlement are "making a mockery of our war aim to ensure justice and freedom"; and …
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Restricted Citizen (ddr-csujad-19-47)
This article, "The Restricted Citizen," from "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science," by Everett V. Stonequist discusses the difference between democratic constitutional theory and democratic social practice in the treatment of minorities. The article also describes the social structure of the United States and the early process of migration to America. See …
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Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies (ddr-csujad-24-18)
A flyer announcing the creation of the Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_018
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Certificate of Commendation to William Minoru Hohri (ddr-csujad-24-47)
William Minoru Hohri was honored by the Manzanar Committee for his leadership of the class action lawsuit Hohri v. U.S., a civil suit filed against the U.S. government demanding compensation for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_02_006
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, February 17, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-16)
A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin about redress activists Aiko and Jack Herzig. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_016
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Letter from Clifford I. Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga, January 11, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-38)
A passionate letter from Clifford Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga about the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) refusing to take a position on people who were arrested because of an allegation that they were involved with the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Uyeda argues that these people are being targeted for incarceration merely because of their ethnicity and that …
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, February 2, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-6)
A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin about mutual friends and topics of shared interest. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_006
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General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, April 18, 1935 (ddr-csujad-44-66)
Minutes of the fourth general meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics discussed include the creation of an advisory board, expatriation and single citizenship, and protests against anti-alien fishing legislation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0066
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Letter from Otis D. Richardson, Chair of English Department, Los Angeles City College, March 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-56)
Letter from Otis Richardson highlighting the need to educating the Nisei about conforming to cultural norms. He discusses the unwillingness of Nisei and Kibei to educate themselves about the current issue regarding mass evacuation and the need for Americanization of all Japanese. He concludes the letter with "A Social Plan for Minority Groups." Richardson provides a …
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Karl Akiya shows a camp poster from Topaz incarceration camp calling for discussion of free speech (ddr-csujad-52-33)
Caption below image reads, "CONCERNED JAPANESE UNITE--Karl Akiya, a former Japanese American inmate of the Topaz, Utah internment camp, shows a camp poster calling for public discussions of free speech during a day of remembrance program at the Japanese Christian Church Saturday in New York. Approximately 300 former inmates of the camp attended the gathering which …
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Gordon Hirabayashi talks press before the first day of trial against the U.S. government (ddr-csujad-52-39)
Caption under image reads, "HEADING FOR COURT--Gordon Hirabayashi talks to reporters Monday on his way to the Federal Courthouse in Seattle for the first day of a trial in which he seeks to prove the U.S. government suppressed, destroyed and altered evidence attesting to the loyalty of Japanese-Americans in order to justify their wartime internment." See …
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Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)
Caption below image reads, "NO VACATION--Hotoru Matsudaira, right, a feisty 79-year-old grandmother, told a federal commission Thursday that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was anything but a 'three-year vacation,' as described by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. 'He is a Canadian and he lived in the East all during the war. He is …
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Sumi Seki , 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the World War II internment and human rights (ddr-csujad-52-40)
A woman, wearing a white shirt and floral print skirt, poses in front of pottery and furniture. Two quotes attached to image read, "Sumi Seki, interred in Jerome Ark. during WWII as a 'precaution' Actually a racist move by our government" and "These days Sumi Seki, 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the …
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Hannah Tomiko Holmes speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles about a lawsuit seeking reparations (ddr-csujad-52-34)
Caption next to image reads, "LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST U.S.--Hannah Tomiko Holmes, a Japanese-American who was interned at Manzanar, speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday during which it was announced that a lawsuit had been filed against the United States government by a group of Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II. The …
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Democracy demands: fair play for America's Japanese (ddr-csujad-55-2623)
A brochure that demands Democracy and fair play for America's Japanese. The brochure includes photographs of Japanese American's helping and working in communities. It also includes newspaper clippings speaking up for the Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2787
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One for all-all for one (ddr-csujad-55-530)
Statement, "One for All - All for One" by the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Covers the purpose of the committee and perspectives on the selective service program, Heart Mountain Community Council, and freedom of expression. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0532
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, November 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-323)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on "cooperation between Issei and Nisei" and civil rights issues. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0325
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Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu, Petitioner, v. United States of America, Respondent (ddr-csujad-55-2001)
Proceedings from the petition of Fred Korematsu for writ of error coram nobis and the government's motion to vacate conviction and dismiss indictment of Korematsu before the honorable Marilyn Hall Patel. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2104
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 11 (September 14, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-37)
Selected article titles: "California Farm Bureau Endorses Prop. 13, to urge 70,000 members" (p. 1), "Organization Stand on 'Tokyo Rose' Hearing to be Considered" (p. 1), "Nat'l JACL convention coverage noted in top Atlantic seaboard newspapers" (p. 1), "Nisei statistician notes more women over 50 dying of heart disease lately" (p. 2), " "Final half of …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 19 (May 11, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-19)
Selected article titles: "Sen. Kuchel meets Bay Area JACLers, community leaders" (p. 1), "Population Study of Midwest Japanese Due" (p. 1), "Three Television Networks in All-Out Effort to Avoid Offending Minorities in Songs, Some Banned, Changed" (p. 1), "Eisenhower Has Bill OK'd by Congress Permitting Use of Mongolian Labor" (p. 1), "Magnuson urges claims bill passage" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 23 (December 7, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-49)
Selected article titles: "FBI chief tells personal stand on evacuation" (p. 1), "Saturday evening post editorial fears strong Nisei tie with Japan" (p. 1), "Delegate-elect Burns names Nisei to be administrative ass't in D.C." (p. 1), "Evacuation claims award procedure explained by gov't" (p. 1), "100th Infantry veterans urge immediate statehood for Hawaii" (p. 2), "Telling …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 21 (November 22, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-47)
Selected article titles: "JACL Policy Statement: Stand on Japanese temporary farm workers cautions gov't" (p. 1), "Grievance Committee to hear job discrimination in Fresno set up" (p. 1), "Japanese farm laborers from Hokkaido happy working on truck crops in Oxnard area, but 'homesick' too; climate like home" (p. 1), "Soviet-Japan relations" (p. 2), "34 Nisei win …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 7 (August 17, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-33)
Selected article titles: "Congressman Cites Masaoka Letter on Restriction of Japan Imports" (p. 1), "Demo platform chairman lauds nisei loyalty" (p. 1), "Army to Curtail Japanese Language at Presidio School" (p. 1), "$187,000 for evacuation claims payment approved for 28 recipients" (p. 1), "Citizenship restoration policy for Tule Lake renunciants established" (p. 2), "College extension course …