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Daniel Inouye Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-28-9)
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Traveling through the South as a Japanese American GI: "You will be considered white"

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews …

Kay Matsuoka Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-48-41)
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Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches
Kay Matsuoka Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-48-42)
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Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches
Kay Matsuoka Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-48-9)
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Denied the honor of being commencement speaker because of Japanese ancestry; accepting discrimination, "shikata ga nai"
Mits Takahashi Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-207-30)
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Hearing about discrimination encountered by family upon return to the West Coast
Sam Ogo Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-193-19)
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Postwar work; a single encounter with discrimination

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-138-16)
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Feeling uncomfortable when witnessing segregation in the South

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history …

May Ota Higa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-174-10)
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Moving to Ellensburg, Washington, and attending college; experiencing discrimination by a professor
Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-130-12)
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Temporarily leaving camp to work for local farmers, encountering discrimination
Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-130-3)
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Participation in community events; continued racial discrimination in high school
Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-42-14)
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Housing discrimination in postwar Seattle, involvement in open housing effort

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

Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-137-3)
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Attending the University of Cincinnati, experiencing discrimination while boarding at a sorority house

Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct …

Jimi Yamaichi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-106-17)
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Persistence pays off, finally allowed into the carpenters' union
Jimi Yamaichi Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-106-18)
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Facing discrimination at the Elks Club, "No Orientals... allowed in the club"
Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-107-7)
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Encountering racial discrimination: denial of access to public pool
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-250-11)
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Experiencing prejudice in school following the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "At that point, I was mad at Japan"
Nobu Suzuki Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-87-6)
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Experiencing prejudice on the way to Spokane

References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.

Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-138-33)
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Raising a family, experiencing discrimination when trying to buy a home in Bothell, Washington

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned …

Lawson I. Sakai Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-472-13)
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Returning home to wife's family's neighborhood after the war, experiencing discrimination
Lawson I. Sakai Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-472-5)
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Rejected from enlisting in the navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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