Higher education

The Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) put great emphasis on education as a means of succeeding in the U.S. While many Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) obtained college degrees, they found professions closed to them. It was not uncommon for educated nisei to be forced to settle for menial jobs in the ethnic community. Frequently, Japanese Americans could find jobs commensurate with their education only by becoming independent professionals such as doctors and dentists providing services to the Japanese community. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' university educations.

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vh Bob Suzuki Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-452-15)

Moving to Cal State Northridge, revamping the student counseling center to serve Asian Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-452-15/

vh Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-265-8)

Graduating from high school and "batching" at the University of Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-265-8/

vh Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-10-37)

Racial climate at the University of Washington postwar

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-10-37/

vh James Yamazaki Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-175-14)

Applying for medical schools and choosing those that would be amenable to Asian American students

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vh James Yamazaki Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-175-13)

Attending college

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-175-13/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-51-19)

Attending the University of Washington and attaining a faculty position

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-51-13)

Attending the University of Washington and joining the Japanese Students Club

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-171-29)

Enjoying attending the University of Washington as an older person

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-171-28)

Returning to school during turbulent 1960s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-171-28/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-45-12)

Attending the University of Washington while working as a houseboy

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vh Frank Saburo Sato Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-446-2)

Attending the University of Washington and living in SYNKOA House

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vh Ron Osajima Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-486-16)

Deciding to attend UCLA

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vh May Ota Higa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-174-10)

Moving to Ellensburg, Washington, and attending college; experiencing discrimination by a professor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-174-10/

vh Kiyoko Morey Kaneko Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-225-8)

Enrolling at UCLA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-225-8/

vh Sharon Maeda Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-529-15)

Activities with the Ethnic Cultural Center at the University of Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-529-15/

doc Student Relocation (ddr-csujad-19-72)

This article by Robert W. O'Brien discusses about the relocation of thousands of students in colleges throughout the United States to resume their studies, "a year after the mass evacuation of the West Coast Japanese American people into inland camps." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-23_02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-72/

doc Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies (ddr-csujad-24-18)

A flyer announcing the creation of the Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_018

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-18/

doc [California State University, Pomona card featuring Michi Weglyn] (ddr-csujad-24-17)

A California State University, Pomona card with a photograph featuring Michi Weglyn. Mailed from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_017

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-17/

img Photograph of Michi Weglyn at Mount Holyoke College in 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-82)

A note written in 1995 from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin on the back of a photograph of Michi Weglyn at Mount Holyoke College in 1994. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_06_008

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-82/

doc Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies (ddr-csujad-24-25)

This brochure that explains the purpose of the Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies. The brochure includes a brief biography of Michi Weglyn and an assessment of the impact of her book "Years of Infamy." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_025

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-25/

doc Tribute to Michi Weglyn by Toshiko Kawamoto, February 21, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-168)

A tribute to Michi Weglyn written by Toshiko Kawamoto in which she talks about her husband Dave Kawamoto who was one of the 63 men at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to refuse induction into the military. According to Toshiko Kawamoto her husband had been taken to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp a few weeks shy of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-168/

img Photograph of Michi Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-164)

Photographed is Michi Weglyn receiving an honorary doctorate at Mount Holyoke College from college president Elizabeth Kennan in 1994. The same image is found in item: ucsb_chi_0127. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_10_032

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-164/

doc Letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen (ddr-csujad-24-92)

A letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen regarding the exclusion of Nisei from universities in the United States during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-92/

doc Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies Donors (ddr-csujad-24-23)

A donor list for the Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies at CSU Pomona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_023

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-23/

doc Letter from James R. Bennett to Awards Coordinator, University of Washington Press, July 30, 1997 (ddr-csujad-24-79)

A letter from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights informing the University of Washington Press that Michi Weglyn has been nominated for an award. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_06_005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-79/