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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, …

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vh An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-56-1)

Chairman of Japanese American Cultural Center and former president of Japanese Chamber of Commerce recounts conditions of prewar Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, its wartime conversion into a black community, postwar reestablishment as a Japanese-American cultural and commercial center. Includes comments on discriminatory legislation, prewar Japan-American relations. World War II removal and incarceration, camp conditions, wartime repatriation …

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

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vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-123-14)

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

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vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-483-17)

Meeting future husband and getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement

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vh Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-483-18)

Making the decision to move to Canada

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vh Bob Suzuki Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-452-11)

Involvement in the Asian American Movement and the desegregation of the Pasadena Public Schools

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vh Bob Suzuki Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-452-10)

Getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement and the Title II campaign

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-103-15)

Attitude towards incarceration: "all this liberty and crap was all crap"

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-15/

vh 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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vh Helen Harano Christ Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1013-6-14)

Remembering some who expressed resentment about incarceration

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-257-20)

Impact of living in Harlem on political involvement

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-257-21)

Early involvement in the Asian American movement

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-257-17)

Learning from Malcolm X

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-257-13)

First becoming involved in civil rights causes in Harlem

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-257-18)

Witnessing the assassination of Malcolm X

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-257-15)

Children's involvement in civil rights causes

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-257-14)

Meeting Malcolm X

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-257-19)

Continuing involvement in the Civil Rights Movement

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-130-10)

Realization in camp that the incarceration constituted a deprivation of constitutional rights

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vh Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-42-19)

Involvement in the civil rights movement

Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.

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vh Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-222-20)

Sister taking a stand for civil liberties and threatening to walk out of camp

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vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-54-17)

Expelled from school as a result of school term paper

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vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-54-16)

"American Democracy and What It Means to Me": a term paper and an act of civil disobedience

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vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-54-18)

Aftermath of school term paper situation, reaction from others

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