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Peter Irons Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1012-16-2)
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Fred Korematsu's plastic surgery and motivations for resisting the incarceration (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-16-2/
Peter Irons Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1012-16-9)
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The Japanese American Citizens League's initial position on Hirabayashi, Korematsu and Yasui (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-16-9/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 25 (June 29, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-25)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 25 (June 29, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-25)
Select article titles: "JACL Acts to Heal Community Wounds"(p.1); "Peter Irons Challenges JACL to Be Concerned of Others in 'Exile' and 'Concentration Camps'"(p.1); "Minorities Still Locked Out of Editorial Jobs in U.S. Newspapers, ANPA Finds"(p.3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-62-25/

Narrator Peter Irons

White male. Born 1940 in Salem, Massachusetts. Family moved frequently during his childhood due to father's employment. Strongly influenced by parents' values regarding racial tolerance and inclusion, and principles learned through Unitarian Church. While attending Antioch College in Ohio, became involved in political and social activism for civil rights. Joined the youth branch of NAACP, the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/122/
Peter Irons Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-127-8)
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Publishing first book, leaving Boston for a teaching position at University of California at San Diego
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-127-14)
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Volunteering to testify before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians; assembling legal team, contacting Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi and Min Yasui
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-127-3)
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Decision to go to law school, accepted to Harvard Law School
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-127-19)
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Facing resistance and hostility from the government's attorney, Victor Stone
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-127-1)
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Receiving a full scholarship to graduate school at Boston University while still in prison
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-127-15)
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Discussing merits of using coram nobis as basis for reopening cases
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-127-24)
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Gordon Hirabayashi's conviction is vacated in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, decision is made to not take the case to the Supreme Court
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-127-13)
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Making the decision to pursue reopening the Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Yasui cases through coram nobis
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-127-12)
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Discovering the "smoking gun": evidence of government misconduct in the "internment cases"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-127-12/
Peter Irons Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-127-21)
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Judge Patel vacates Fred Korematsu's forty-year-old conviction; reaction to Judge Patel's opinion: "I just felt overjoyed at what had happened"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-127-4)
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Filing writ of error coram nobis, succeeding in overturning conviction on draft resistance
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-127-20)
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An emotional hearing: Fred Korematsu makes a "powerful" statement in court
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-127-22)
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Thoughts on being white, while working on civil rights issues with racial minorities
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-127-22/
Peter Irons Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-127-6)
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First hearing about the Korematsu and Hirabayashi cases in law school
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-127-10)
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Collaborating with Aiko Yoshinaga and the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-127-9)
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Revisiting Korematsu and Hirabayashi cases as topic for book on civil rights; doing research at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-127-2)
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Interests while attending Boston University: writing dissertation, research
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-127-23)
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Gordon Hirabayashi's case in Seattle federal court, "a partial victory"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-127-23/
Peter Irons Interview II Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-127-25)
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Legacy of the coram nobis cases and the incarceration: "the internment ... affected everybody in the country because it was done by the American government."
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-127-11)
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Tracking down misplaced Justice Department case files on the "internment cases"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-127-5)
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Attitude regarding legal profession, "...use the system to people's benefit..."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-127-5/
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