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doc Draft for 2 letters (ddr-densho-468-197)

Draft of letter to Ray McConnell (ddr-densho-468-194) with note to Samuel Waugh expressing frustration at refusal to see Ishikawa the day previously

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-197/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Lloyd Marti (ddr-densho-468-186)

Thank you letter for hitchhiking with appeal for assistance. Ishikawa mentions being the assistant director for one of the city's playgrounds.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-186/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Board of Athletic Control at University of Nevada (ddr-densho-468-132)

Letter commending the University of Nevada for integrating college football team

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-132/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray McConnell (ddr-densho-468-194)

Thank you and correction for article in Lincoln Journal on swimming pool integration efforts

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-194/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Rev. Gerald Kennedy (ddr-densho-468-196)

Letter describing situation with municipal swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-196/

doc To Lose One's Identity Is to Gain It (ddr-densho-468-230)

Transcript of speech (or essay) commemorating the 25th anniversary of Kashu Mainichi, dated 1956

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-230/

doc Testimony before the Lincoln City Council (ddr-densho-468-193)

Testimony given in protest of segregation of municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-193/

img Seattle Progressive Citizen League Entertainment (ddr-densho-474-1)

Group photo of 29 people

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-1/

doc Advance Congregational Christian Journal: As American as Hot Dogs and Coca-Cola (ddr-densho-446-393)

Article by Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai on what it means to be a "minority" American and influence of faith

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-393/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Rev. Arthur L. Miller (ddr-densho-468-195)

Letter describing situation with municipal swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-195/

doc Lincoln Star: "Muny Pool Policy On Negroes Hit" (ddr-densho-468-198)

Newspaper article describing efforts by Ishikawa (misidentified as Filipino) et al to desegregate Lincoln, NE, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-198/

doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)

Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-97/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)

Letter protesting segregation of Lincoln, Nebraska, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-187/

doc Letter from Lloyd Marti to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-199)

Letter of confirmation that Mayor Marti received Ishikawa's letter regarding the integration of the municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-199/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Offers No Comment Regarding Big Six Race Controversy" (ddr-densho-468-183)

Article regarding integration of Big Six athletics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-183/

doc Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)

Description of attempt for a mixed race group to access municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-192/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Expresses Views on Racial Dispute in Open Letter" (ddr-densho-468-184)

Article responding to open letter in Daily Nebraskan article from April 23, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-184/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Students Criticize Thompson's Letter" (ddr-densho-468-185)

Article responding to Dean Thompson's letter on April 25, 1946. Ishikawa's response notes that, while legislation cannot eradicate prejudice, it can prevent the manifestations of prejudice.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-185/

doc Interview with Zora Tennant and Jimmy Lewis (ddr-densho-468-190)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-190/

doc Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool, including discussion of a legal challenge. Second note describes Kyle's follow-up on July 22, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-191/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)

Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-189/

img Japanese American Citizens League at March on Washington (ddr-densho-379-434)

A group photograph of members of the JACL that attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-434/

img March on Washington (ddr-densho-379-432)

Todd Endo and Patrick Okura stand on the National Mall during the March on Washington, with the Washington Monument in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-432/

img Japanese American Citizens League at March on Washington (ddr-densho-379-435)

JACL members marching in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Todd Endo is holding the left side of the JACL banner.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-435/

img March on Washington (ddr-densho-379-431)

Members of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League who participated in the 1963 March on Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-431/