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vh Frank Emi Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-122-20-14)

The trustworthiness of the members of the Fair Play Committee

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 histories, instead primarily …

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vh Michi Weglyn Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-122-22-15)

Description of resisters Mits Koshiyama and Frank Emi

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 histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-22-15/

vh Sam Horino Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-122-6-7)

Memories of Fair Play Committee leaders Paul Nakadate and Frank Emi

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 histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-6-7/

vh Frank Emi oral history interview - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-31-2-1)

Oral history of Frank Emi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-01

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Narrator Frank Emi

Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of …

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doc Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-453)

Copy of original letter, visits with prisoners before transfer to McNeil Island and Leavenworth

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-453/

doc Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-454)

Copy of original letter, visiting prisoners before their transfer

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doc Letter from Frank Emi to Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (ddr-densho-122-498)

In support of funding for Abe's documentary, "Conscience and the Constitution"

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doc Transcription of 4 letters from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi (ddr-densho-122-455)

Transcriptions of letters, objects ddr-densho-122-451, -452, -453, -454. Including comments and questions related to material in the letters.

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doc Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-452)

Copy of original letter, meeting with Watts, Saturday July 1?

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vh Art Emi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-122-7-2)

Description in role of helping the Fair Play Committee

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 histories, instead primarily focusing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-7-2/

vh Art Emi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-7-1)

Recollections of meeting with Fair Play Committee leader Min Tamesa

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 histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-7-1/

vh Art Emi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-122-7-3)

Making the decision to help the Fair Play Committee

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 histories, instead primarily focusing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-7-3/

doc Letter from Mito to Michi Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-43)

A letter from Mito to Michi Weglyn praising Frank Emi and criticizing the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_02_002

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vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1002-9-17)

Raising a family

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the …

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vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1002-9-14)

An act of defiance: threatening to walk out of camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-14/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-9-3)

First impressions of Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming: a "miserable sight"

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-3/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-9-13)

Reasons for joining the resisters' cause: "I felt so strongly about the injustice of it that I just had to do something"

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As …

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vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-9-6)

Deciding to qualify answers to the so-called "loyalty questions"

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-6/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-9-10)

Sending press releases and news bulletins to newspapers outside of camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-10/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1002-9-18)

Talking about resister status postwar; discussion of principles involved in becoming a resister

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-18/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-9-11)

Fair Play Committee's cause discouraged by the ACLU

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-11/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1002-9-16)

Not feeling too affected by resister status later in life

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-16/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-9-4)

Working in camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-4/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1002-9-20)

Reflections: pardoned in 1947; thoughts on the American justice system

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-20/

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