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doc To Lose One's Identity Is to Gain It (ddr-densho-468-230)

Transcript of speech (or essay) commemorating the 25th anniversary of Kashu Mainichi, dated 1956

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-230/

doc Testimony before the Lincoln City Council (ddr-densho-468-193)

Testimony given in protest of segregation of municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-193/

doc Advance Congregational Christian Journal: As American as Hot Dogs and Coca-Cola (ddr-densho-446-393)

Article by Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai on what it means to be a "minority" American and influence of faith

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-393/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Rev. Arthur L. Miller (ddr-densho-468-195)

Letter describing situation with municipal swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-195/

doc Lincoln Star: "Muny Pool Policy On Negroes Hit" (ddr-densho-468-198)

Newspaper article describing efforts by Ishikawa (misidentified as Filipino) et al to desegregate Lincoln, NE, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-198/

doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)

Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-97/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)

Letter protesting segregation of Lincoln, Nebraska, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-187/

doc Letter from Lloyd Marti to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-199)

Letter of confirmation that Mayor Marti received Ishikawa's letter regarding the integration of the municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-199/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Offers No Comment Regarding Big Six Race Controversy" (ddr-densho-468-183)

Article regarding integration of Big Six athletics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-183/

doc Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)

Description of attempt for a mixed race group to access municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-192/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Expresses Views on Racial Dispute in Open Letter" (ddr-densho-468-184)

Article responding to open letter in Daily Nebraskan article from April 23, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-184/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Students Criticize Thompson's Letter" (ddr-densho-468-185)

Article responding to Dean Thompson's letter on April 25, 1946. Ishikawa's response notes that, while legislation cannot eradicate prejudice, it can prevent the manifestations of prejudice.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-185/

doc Interview with Zora Tennant and Jimmy Lewis (ddr-densho-468-190)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-190/

doc Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool, including discussion of a legal challenge. Second note describes Kyle's follow-up on July 22, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-191/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)

Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-189/

img Densho Table at Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-506-21)

Man signing a document at Densho's table inside the Day of Remembrance event.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-21/

img Tom Ikeda speaking at Day of Rememberance (ddr-densho-506-17)

Tom Ikeda speaking during the Day of Remembrance event to remember the incarceration of JA Americans during WW2 and protest injustices against Muslim and Arab Americans post 9/11.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-17/

img Outside of Day of Remembrance Event (ddr-densho-506-20)

Picture of the front of Seattle's Town Hall with a Densho banner between the columns during the Day of Remembrance event.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-20/

img People walking into Day of Remembrance Event (ddr-densho-506-18)

Two people walking into Day of Remembrance event and being greeted by ushers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-18/

img Picture of Tom Ikeda, Nadin Hamoui, and Dale Minami at Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-506-19)

Group photo of Nadin Hamoui, Tom Ikeda, and Dale Minami. Dale Minami is a civil rights lawyer, and Nadin Hamoui is a civil rights activist whose family was the victim of government of persecution and detention during post-9/11 discrimination against Arab-Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-19/

img [Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 on August 10, 1988] (ddr-csujad-29-247)

Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 on August 10, 1988 with Congressmen and women looking on. From left to right: Norman Mineta, Pat Saiki, Pete Wilson, Don Young, Ronald Reagan, Bob Matsui, Bill Lowery, Harry Kajihara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P190

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-247/

doc Civil Rights mean good business (ddr-densho-433-264)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-264/

img Seattle Progressive Citizen League Entertainment (ddr-densho-474-1)

Group photo of 29 people

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-1/

doc Research Material on Harvard Protests of John J. McCloy Scholarship (ddr-densho-1007-1867)

This material includes various news articles which highlight student protests at Harvard University opposing the naming of a scholarship program after former Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy. To learn more about McCloy, who is criticized for his role in the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, see his Densho Encyclopedia page: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1867/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123-14/