Activism and involvement

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-115)

Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Stan Delaplane about helping.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-115/

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-121/

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-120)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-120/

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-112)

Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Katherine Pinkham In support of that effort.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-112/

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-124)

A letter from Guyo Tajiri requesting Stan Delaplane's assistance in the pardon effort.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-124/

doc Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-114)

Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Stan Delaplane about helping.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-114/

doc Proposed conference on nine relocation centers: evacuees' future at stake (ddr-csujad-55-796)

Statement regarding the proposed "Relocation Center" conference by Thomas T. Sashihara, Chairman, Heart Mountain Community Council. Sashihara comments on the complexities of "evacuees" relationship with the W.R.A. and discusses proposed topics for the conference. Includes additional commentary on the following topics: transportation, freight, aid rendered for group relocation, loans and assurance of financial aid, W.R.A. field …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-796/

doc Japanese American incarceration: a case for redress (ddr-csujad-55-99)

Pamphlet by the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee promoting support for Senate Bill, S 1009, and House of Representatives Resolution, HR 442, which seek to redress civil rights violations against Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0101

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-99/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part II - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-60-1)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-60-1/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part I - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-59-1)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-59-1/

vh Norman Mineta Interview Segment 1 (ddr-janm-13-3-1)

First becoming involved in politics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-3-1/

vh Norman Mineta Interview Segment 3 (ddr-janm-13-3-3)

Deciding to run for Congress

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-3-3/

vh Alan Nishio Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-450-9)

Becoming interested in political and social activism

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-450-9/

vh Alan Nishio Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-450-10)

Entering graduate studies while increasing political activism

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-450-10/

vh Sue K. Embrey Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-6-6)

Nisei activism, getting involved with local politics and working to repeal Title II

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-6-6/

vh Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-150-15)

Election to the California State Assembly

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-150-15/

vh Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-150-16)

Carrying a bill to legalize acupuncture

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-150-16/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-137-13)

Involvement in political movements while a student at New York University

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 their own …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-13/

vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-114-18)

Description of political accomplishments as mayor of Fife, Washington

This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-114-18/

vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-114-16)

Elected mayor of Fife, Washington, one of the first Japanese American elected officials in Washington state

This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-114-16/

vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-139-48)

Political activism: League of Women Voters and serving on committees dealing with land use and water issues

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-139-48/

vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-139-47)

Postwar involvement in political organizations: League of Women Voters, Human Rights Commission

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-139-47/

vh Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-113-8)

Involvement in the political process through father's campaign

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-113-8/

vh Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-113-9)

Learning politics by observing father, not from discussions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-113-9/

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