Civil rights

Activism and involvement (174)
Civil rights (609)

Filters

Facilities

Format

Genre

Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

Gallery view
List view

609 items

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-123-14)

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123-14/

vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-483-17)

Meeting future husband and getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-483-17/

vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-483-18)

Making the decision to move to Canada

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-483-18/

vh Mike Murase Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-526-10)

The importance of the Black experience in the U.S.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-526-10/

vh Mike Murase Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-526-8)

Involvement in civil rights causes in the African American community

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-526-8/

vh Bob Suzuki Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-452-11)

Involvement in the Asian American Movement and the desegregation of the Pasadena Public Schools

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-452-11/

vh Bob Suzuki Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-452-10)

Getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement and the Title II campaign

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-452-10/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-103-15)

Attitude towards incarceration: "all this liberty and crap was all crap"

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-15/

vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-146-23)

Unique challenge of teaching Japanese American students about democracy while in a concentration camp: democracy in the U.S. is "imperfect"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-146-23/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-257-20)

Impact of living in Harlem on political involvement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-20/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-257-21)

Early involvement in the Asian American movement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-21/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-257-17)

Learning from Malcolm X

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-17/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-257-13)

First becoming involved in civil rights causes in Harlem

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-13/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-257-18)

Witnessing the assassination of Malcolm X

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-18/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-257-15)

Children's involvement in civil rights causes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-15/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-257-14)

Meeting Malcolm X

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-14/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-257-19)

Continuing involvement in the Civil Rights Movement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-19/

vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-130-10)

Realization in camp that the incarceration constituted a deprivation of constitutional rights

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-130-10/

vh Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-42-19)

Involvement in the civil rights movement

Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-42-19/

vh Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-222-20)

Sister taking a stand for civil liberties and threatening to walk out of camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-222-20/

vh Janice Deguchi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-sjacl-2-24-5)

Community work for civil rights causes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-2-24-5/

vh In Memory of Phil Hayasaka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-sjacl-2-22-7)

Forming the Asian Coalition for Equity

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-2-22-7/

vh Ryan Chin Interview Segment 5 (ddr-sjacl-2-25-5)

Community work for civil rights causes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-2-25-5/

vh Helen Harano Christ Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1013-6-14)

Remembering some who expressed resentment about incarceration

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-6-14/

vh Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-17-1)

Reading of an essay written by a student in an concentration camp school

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-17-1/