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vh Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-434-20)

Barred from speaking as the salutatorian at high school graduation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-434-20/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-50-5)

Isseis' prewar employment: anti-Japanese sentiment in sawmills

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-5/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-95-2)

Prewar discrimination: kicked out of a "high class" store

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-95-2/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-131-7)

The pain of discrimination: "growing up, discrimination was a part of the environment that we grew up in"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-131-7/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-131-13)

Release from McNeil Island Penitentiary; returning to Seattle, facing employment discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-131-13/

vh Mary Kinoshita Ikeda Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-510-15)

Father fired from the Rainier Club after December 7, 1941

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-510-15/

vh Jim Akutsu Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-2-45)

Starting over, Engineers Professional Union; job discrimination in civil service

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-2-45/

vh Bob Suzuki Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-452-7)

Attending UC Berkeley, living in an all-Japanese American boarding house because of housing discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-452-7/

vh June Takahashi Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-88-35)

Encountering housing discrimination in postwar Seattle

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-35/

vh Gene Akutsu Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-1-4)

A teenager's memories of how one newspaper misrepresented Japanese Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-1-4/

vh Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-68-2)

Prewar working conditions in the lumber mills: "Jap 1, Jap 2..."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-68-2/

vh Toshi Nagamori Ito Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-309-10)

First encountering discrimination at junior high school graduation party

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-309-10/

vh Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-210-11)

Observing anti-Japanese sentiment in the media at an early age

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-210-11/

vh Ben Uyeno Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-100-13)

Restricted from high school debate, Trianon ballroom and the Paramount Theatre

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-100-13/

vh Ben Uyeno Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-100-18)

Prewar discrimination, difficulties getting into medical school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-100-18/

vh Sam Mihara Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-516-15)

Experiencing harassment in Salt Lake City

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-516-15/

vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-146-24)

Encountering prejudice while in Twin Falls, Idaho, buying goods for the Japanese Americans in Minidoka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-146-24/

vh Bernadette Suda Horiuchi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-239-22)

Backlash towards Japanese American railroad workers following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-239-22/

vh Rick Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-80-15)

Returning to eastern Washington, still a "Jap" to some

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-15/

vh Mas Akiyama Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-188-20)

Encountering a "color line" and housing discrimination after World War II

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-188-20/

vh Mas Akiyama Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-188-12)

Observations of changes within Spokane community after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-188-12/

vh Francis Mas Fukuhara Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-9-7)

Japanese American community attitudes toward discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-9-7/

vh Betty Fumiye Ito Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-189-16)

Encounter with a racist individual on a bus

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-189-16/

vh Sue K. Embrey Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-6-5)

Returning to face discrimination in postwar Los Angeles

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-6-5/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-185-4)

First encounter with segregation on the East Coast: unsure about where to sit on a bus

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-185-4/