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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img Yoshiko and Tosao Yamada at the University of Washington graduation (ddr-densho-432-79)

Yoshiko Yamada at her graduation from the University of Washington. She stands here with her mother, Tosao Yamada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-432-79/

av Nebraska's Nisei (ddr-densho-1024-36)

Documentary film produced by the University of Nebraska that tells the story of three Nisei from Heart Mountain who left camp to attend the University of Nebraska through the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council during World War II. The three are Pat Sano, Marie Yamashita Snell, and Tom Shiokari. The story is told through interviews, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-36/

img USC Chemistry Lab (ddr-csujad-29-21)

Photo of medical students, including Sakaye Shigekawa, the only woman, at work in the chemistry lab at University of Southern California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2490_P14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-21/

doc Letter to Robert Ishii from Tom Ishii (ddr-densho-546-1)

Tom Ishii, a university student in Japan, writes to his brother Robert Ishii in the United States. In the letter, he details the growing number of restrictions in Japan, complains about his mother, and attaches a list of additional items to send to him.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-546-1/

doc High School Report Card for Satomi Koga (ddr-densho-537-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-537-4/

doc Senior Banquet Program (ddr-densho-537-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-537-5/

img Man in graduation robe with Agnes and Chester Sakura and another woman (ddr-densho-523-428)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-428/

img Man in graduation robe with Agnes and Chester Sakura (ddr-densho-523-429)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-429/

img Man in graduation robe with woman (ddr-densho-523-521)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-521/

img Couple in graduation robes (ddr-densho-523-390)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-390/

img Two men drinking beer (ddr-densho-523-266)

Caption below photo: Bryan University Tenn (Dayton)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-266/

img Lillian in a polka dot dress (ddr-densho-433-1029)

Woman identified as "Lillian" in ddr-densho-433-1051.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1029/

doc Topaz High School reunion speech draft notes (ddr-densho-433-1266)

Kimiko Fujii's draft notes for a speech at a Topaz High School Reunion. She lists an overview of the government's concentration camps, her parents' lives, and her own life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1266/