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Draft:
doc Draft: "Race 4 in Japan" (ddr-densho-468-153)
Essay on race, Japanese ethnicity, and visit to pre-war Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-153/
Testimony before the Lincoln City Council (ddr-densho-468-193)
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/
Story outline and short story: John Citizen Junior (ddr-densho-468-66)
doc Story outline and short story: John Citizen Junior (ddr-densho-468-66)
Typed outline and draft of story set in World War II
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-66/
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Rev. Arthur L. Miller (ddr-densho-468-195)
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/
Lincoln Star:
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/
A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)
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/
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)
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/
Letter from Lloyd Marti to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-199)
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/
Minnity (ddr-densho-468-232)
doc Minnity (ddr-densho-468-232)
Handwritten draft of thoughts on race, racism, and identity
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-232/
Draft:
doc Draft: "more re: NBC special" (ddr-densho-468-156)
Essay with thoughts on NBC special, civil disobedience of Jane Fonda and Ramsay Clark, and racial element of activism/bigotry with handwritten notes on reverse.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-156/
Daily Nebraskan:
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/
Draft essay:
doc Draft essay: "It is obvious that mr. w. h. anderson is neither" (ddr-densho-468-154)
Reflection on racism, anti-Japanese sentiment, Japan's military government, and Japanese-American identity.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-154/
Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)
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/
Daily Nebraskan:
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/
Daily Nebraskan:
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/
Notes for didactic novel
doc Notes for didactic novel "Johnny Obata" (ddr-densho-468-76)
Sketches of ideas for novel involving Johnny Obata character from ddr-densho-468-75. Author comments on his relationship to Nisei group and expresses concern for Nisei individuals (but not the group as a whole).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-76/
Interview with Zora Tennant and Jimmy Lewis (ddr-densho-468-190)
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/
Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)
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/
A.D. 1977: Japanese Christians in America: The Church That Survives Hate (ddr-densho-446-394)
doc A.D. 1977: Japanese Christians in America: The Church That Survives Hate (ddr-densho-446-394)
Article in the July/August 1977 issue of A.D. 1977 on the experience of Japanese Christians in America through the end of WWII.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-394/
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)
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/
Thoughts about: Guilty by Reason of Race (ddr-densho-468-160)
doc Thoughts about: Guilty by Reason of Race (ddr-densho-468-160)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-160/
Crossroads Vol. V, No. 16 (September 12, 1952) (ddr-densho-507-3)
doc Crossroads Vol. V, No. 16 (September 12, 1952) (ddr-densho-507-3)
Selected article titles: “One Issei’s Opinion” (p. 2, 8), “Th Nisei Seek Election” (p. 3), “Society” (p. 4), “Club Notes” (p. 6), “Church Notices” (p. 6), “Sports” (p. 7), “Professional Directory” (p. 8)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-507-3/
How the Ku Klux Klan & Alameda Housewives tried to stop the Alameda Japanese School in 1926 (ddr-ajah-6-237)
img How the Ku Klux Klan & Alameda Housewives tried to stop the Alameda Japanese School in 1926 (ddr-ajah-6-237)
Document with photos, clippings and text with history of opposition to the Alameda Japanese School
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-237/
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