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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-146-12)
Being accepted to teach at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: "I was thrilled"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-146-33)
Sharing wartime experiences with children
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-146-24)
Encountering prejudice while in Twin Falls, Idaho, buying goods for the Japanese Americans in Minidoka
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-146-9)
Unable to serve in the military when drafted due to medical problems; suspecting that the U.S. would eventually become involved in World War II
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-146-2)
Growing up in Sacramento, California, losing father at an early age
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-146-20)
Mother comes to visit in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-146-11)
Teaching high school after the outbreak of war, feeling sadness when Japanese American students were taken out of school
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-146-6)
Emerging interest in drama classes and stage acting in school
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-146-27)
Getting married on Christmas Day, having three children
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-146-23)
Unique challenge of teaching Japanese American students about democracy while in a concentration camp: democracy in the U.S. is "imperfect"
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-147-17)
Working as the Relocation Director for the Oakland Redevelopment Agency
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-147-11)
Description of a typical school day for teachers in Minidoka; fond memories of the first school dance
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-147-4)
Working various jobs before attending graduate courses at Stanford and eventually signing up to teach at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-147-7)
Tackling difficult issues involving incarceration through lessons and discussions within the classroom
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-147-10)
Discussion of students taught at Minidoka: one the whole, positive memories
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-147-8)
Description of the "core class" system in Minidoka
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-147-14)
Leaving Minidoka for Seattle, Washington; thoughts on the returning Japanese Americans
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-147-18)
Reflections on the incarceration experience
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-147-2)
Growing up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, doing well in school
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-147-15)
Becoming interested in the field of race relations, working for the San Francisco Council for Civic Unity and other organizations
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-147-16)
Doctoral dissertation a possible factor in the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-147-9)
Comments on whether or not principles of American democracy were taught in Minidoka
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-147-1)
Family background: grandfather was a prominent missionary in Japan
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Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-147-5)
Memories of the arduous journey by train to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho