Identity and values

Like millions of other immigrants in the United States, first-generation Japanese and their children felt the tension of maintaining their cultural heritage amid pressures to conform to mainstream society while also dealing with discrimination. Although most new immigrants in this country have had to struggle with these same conflicts, one traumatic event sets Japanese Americans apart from other immigrant groups: the mass incarceration during World War II.

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vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-483-19)

Considering issues of identity while living in Canada

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-483-19/

vh Hiroki Kimiko Keaveney Interview Segment 8 (ddr-chi-1-3-8)

Coming to terms with personal identity

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-3-8/

doc James T. Komoto photograph album (ddr-densho-463-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-463-1/

doc Americans: The story of the 442nd Combat Team (ddr-densho-478-2)

The story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, including the team's training, preparation for overseas movement, campaigns, and battles. It also includes drawings, photographs, maps, an award list, battle honors, and the names of the 442nd infantry regiment and the 552nd field artillery battalion.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-478-2/

doc Citizenship essay (ddr-one-3-115)

Photocopy of a handwritten essay on citizenship written by George Kida, c.1930-1933. Essay covers right, privileges and duties of citizens.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-115/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 12 (March 19, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-12)

Selected article titles: "Washington State Legislators Order Land Law Repeal for '66" (p.1), "Non-Japanese Who Contributed to Nisei Community Due Awards" (p.1), "California Seeks 5,100 Mexican Farm Workers" (p.1, 3), "Shame of Selma" (p.2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-12/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 20 (May 14, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-20)

Selected article titles: "Race Issue in Hawaii Politics Raised in Rule" (p.1-2), History Project: Historical Documents Being Donated" (p.1), "17 Organizations to Honor Issei Elders at Huge Joint Dinner" (p.1), "1945-VE DAY-1965" (p.2), "Strawberry Grower Plows Under One Acre in Protest against Government Failure to Secure Field Labor" (p.3), "Public Schools Have until 1967 to Desegregate" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-20/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 1 (July 2, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-27)

Selected article titles: "Four Projects by JACL Youth Commission Set" (p.1), "Interim Youth Council at Salt Lake City Hailed as Fruitful and Enthusiastic Meeting" (p.1, 4), "Voting Rights Bill" (p.2), "History Project: Marriage Opposition Triggers Suicide" (p.2), "Issei Literary Output Outshadows Nisei" (p.2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-27/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 7 (February 12, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-7)

Selected article titles: "Warren's 1942 Stand Demanding Evacuation Hit" (p.1), "Agricultural Exploits of Early Day Issei in San Luis Obispo, Watsonville, Role in Monterey Fishing Told History Project" (p.1, 4), "Great Lack of Communication between Nisei and Sansei Note by Psychologists" (p.1), "Utah Governor Signs Mixed Marriage Bill" (p.1), "'Nisei: the Pride and the Shame'" (p.2, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 9 (February 26, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-9)

Selected article titles: "History Project Drafting Plans of Nisei Survey" (p.1), "JACL to Seek Help for 'Tanno' on Humanitarian Principle" (p.1), "Prop. 14-type Threat Cited as Colorado Houses [sic] Passes Stronger Fair Housing Bill" (p.1), "In Memoriam: Larry Tajiri" (p.2), "History Project Uncovers 'Depressed Area' among Japanese Pear Orchardists in Placer County; Okei Grave Beautification Urged" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-9/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 25 (June 22, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-25)

Selected article titles: "New York's Japanese American Groups Support 'History Project' Fund Campaign"(p.1), "New Walter Bill to Extend Stay of Deportation Dates" (p.1), "Nisei Complacency Rapped in Editorial" (p.1), "London Times Article on Various Ethnic Groups in Hawaii Misses Main Point: Census Bureau Practice of Racial Classes" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-25/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 10 (September 7, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-36)

Selected article titles: "Congress Adopts No-Tax Bill" (p.1-2, 4), "Race Discrimination in Labor Unions Next NAACP Target" (p.1), "Loneliness and Sharks Greatest Problems on Epic Solo Voyage Across Pacific Ocean, Kenichi Horie Reveals" (p.2), "Gunplay during Nisei Week Fells Youth, Two Sansei Brothers Held" (p.3), "Oakland JACL in Appeal to Community to Guard Against Damage to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-36/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 52, No. 14 (April 7, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-14)

Selected article titles: "'60 Census Shows 464,000 Japanese in United States: Rank as Leading Asian Group, Chinese Follow with 237,000" (p. 1), "See Big Year for Civil Rights Legislation Throughout States: Six States Enact Fair Housing Acts; 20 Have State FEPC" (p. 1), and "District Reports: PNW-NC-WN: Emphasis of Youth Programs Seen" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-33-14/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 12 (September 22, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-38)

Selected article titles: "'Liberalized' Immigration OK'd" (p. 1), "1st Session to Adjourn" (p. 1), "Youth Speaks: Be Proud of Ancestral Background" (p. 2), and "Unemployed Youth Between 16 and 21 Seen as National Problem, Bold Steps Urged to Get Them Off Streets" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-33-38/

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. 55, No.2 (July 13, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-28)

Selected article titles: "In Memoriam: Scotty Tsuchiya" (p.1), "Public School Prayers" (p.1), "Housing for Aged Issei in S.F. Urged" (p.2), "Architects Selected for 'Nihonmachi'" (p.2), "Early California History of Japanese Inspires Youth Delegates at NC-WNDC Meet" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-28/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 8 (September 23, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-33)

Selected article titles: "Mineta Bill Would Have Supreme Court Review WW2 Cases" (p. 1), "Census Bill Cleared for House Vote" (p. 1), "EEOC Sues Hyster for Anti-Japanese Ad Campaign, Use of Racial Slurs" (pp. 3-4), and "JACL-LEC Treasurer's Report: Mission Accomplished!" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-33/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 9 (September 30, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-34)

Selected article titles: "Smithsonian Symposium: Relationship Between U.S. Constitution and Japanese Americans Explored" (pp. 1, 5), "Japanese Canadians Get Redress Settlement" (pp. 1, 3), "House Passes Bill Forcing Accurate Count of APAs" (pp. 1-2), and "Editorial of the Pacific Citizen: Japanese Canadian Redress" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-34/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 11 (March 18, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-11)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Law Unfair, Says Fujiyoshi" (pp. 1, 6), "Politics, Music Interest Horiuchi" (pp. 1, 5), "Movie Review: 'Tokyo Pop' Looks, Laughs at Modern Japan" (p. 2), and "Asian American Identity Crisis in 1990 Census" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 16 (November 18, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-41)

Selected article titles: "Reagan Vetoes Bill Requiring Census Bureau to Tally Asian Americans Groups Individually" (p. 1), "Forum Discusses Concerns of KA, JA Communities" (pp. 1, 3), "CCDC Pays Tribute to WW2 Nisei Vets" (pp. 1-2), and "From the Frying Pan: The Japan Chapter: An Active Bunch" (pp. 4, 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-41/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 20 (December 22-29, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-45)

Special holiday issue separated into sections A 1-24, B 1-24, C 1-24, D 1-24, and E 1-16. Selected article titles: "A Tribute to Dyke Miyagawa" (p. B1), "A Set of Historic Redress Letters: Including Two Read by Reagan Himself" (pp. B-6-B-7), "JACL-LEC and Redress" (p. C-1), "From Evacuation to Redress: A Speech Delivered at the Third …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-45/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 7 (February 24, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-7)

Selected article titles: "JANM Annual Meeting: Smithsonian May Extend Its Exhibit on Japanese Americans Another Five Years" (pp. 1, 3), "Los Angeles: First Day of Remembrance Since H.R. 442 Passage Held" (pp. 1, 6), "ORA Tries Outreach to Possible Redress-Eligibles Living in Japan" (pp. 2, 6), and "3,726,440 Asian/Pacifics Counted in 1980" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 9 (September 29, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-34)

Selected article titles: "California Bill Would Require Differentiation Among Asian Groups" (p. 1) and "Anti-Asian Messages Appear in San Francisco" (p. 1). Issue is only 4 pages long (see "About This Issue" note on front page).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-34/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 18 (May 12, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-18)

Selected article titles: "Redress Recipients in Colorado Hail Passage of Bill" (p. 1), "JACL Responds to Company Selling 'Racist' Comic Books" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadian Art Works Gathered for Major Exhibit" (p. 2), and "American Jewish Committee Partners with Japan JACL on Cultural Exchange" (pp. 3, 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-18/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 2 (January 20, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-2)

Selected article titles: "Naomi Iwata Sanchez: Seattle JACL Chapter President Attends Bush Transition Meeting" (pp. 1, 3), "JACL-LEC Issues Redress Alert in Wake of Meager Redress Appropriation" (pp. 1, 8), "Keeping a Promise in 1990: Census Bureau to List Nine Different Asian/Pacific American Categories" (pp. 1, 3), and "From the Frying Pan: A Look at the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-2/