Manzanar riot/uprising

World War II (215)
Concentration camps (1199)
Conflicts, intimidation, and violence (255)
Manzanar riot/uprising (59)

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Joe Kurihara, Manzanar riot/uprising, Fred Tayama, Harry Ueno

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Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by four children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-131)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-129)
Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-132)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-135)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-130)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-136)
[Straws in the wind: An inquiry into the causes of the recent flare-ups], report on Manzanar protests, 1942-08-12 (ddr-csujad-2-49)
[Report on Manzanar strike/riot] (ddr-csujad-2-52)
What happened at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-19-70)
Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)
Crisis for camp (ddr-csujad-36-18)
Manzanar quiet under Army rule (ddr-csujad-36-17)
Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)
Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)
Director tells story of fatal rioting (ddr-csujad-36-16)
Photograph of L. Josephine Hawes and three others sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-133)
Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-106)
Photograph of a couple posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-127)
Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)
Photograph of Mrs. Moroika and son Ned posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-128)
Photograph of a young boy sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-134)
Photograph of B.R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-138)
Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-348)
Community analysis report, no. 2 (February 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1656)
Oral history with Karl Yoneda (ddr-csujad-29-382)

59 items

img Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by four children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-131)

Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by four children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0216

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-131/

img Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-129)

Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0214

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-129/

img Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-132)

Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0217

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-132/

img Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-135)

Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0220

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-135/

img Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-130)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-130/

img Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-136)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-136/

doc [Straws in the wind: An inquiry into the causes of the recent flare-ups], report on Manzanar protests, 1942-08-12 (ddr-csujad-2-49)

Report on strike at Manzanar Incarceration camp. Report discusses unrest and discrimination within camp leading to loyalty towards Japan. Also offers suggestions to create a "Pro-America Community" within the WRA program. Also includes personal correspondence to Willard Schmidt. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0049

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-49/

doc [Report on Manzanar strike/riot] (ddr-csujad-2-52)

Report on the Manzanar riot/strike. Includes population and demographic breakdowns, a description of the events and possible ways the dissidents planned the event. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0052

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-52/

doc What happened at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-19-70)

This is an article from the magazine "Common Ground," volume III, no. 3, spring 1943, which discusses about the first violent outbreak at the Manzanar incarceration camp on the eve of the first anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-22_01

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-70/

doc Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)

Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-2/

doc Crisis for camp (ddr-csujad-36-18)

News clipping page with article titled, Crisis for Camp, about the riots at the Manzanar incarceration camp. A news clipping from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_021

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-36-18/

doc Manzanar quiet under Army rule (ddr-csujad-36-17)

News clipping titled, Manzanar Quiet Under Army Role, from the Los Angeles Examiner. A news clipping from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_019

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-36-17/

doc Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)

One diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp, Arizona, to join his brother's family, and segregated into …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-1/

doc Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)

English translation of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp in Arizona, to join his brother's …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-2/

doc Director tells story of fatal rioting (ddr-csujad-36-16)

News clipping with article titled, Director tells story of fatal rioting, from December 7. A news clipping from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_017

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-36-16/

img Photograph of L. Josephine Hawes and three others sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-133)

Photograph of L. Josephine Hawes and three others sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0218

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-133/

img Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-106)

Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. Several army trucks can be seen parked in front of one of the buildings and a line of laundry in the lower right corner. See this object in the …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-106/

img Photograph of a couple posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-127)

Photograph of a couple posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0212

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-127/

Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)

img Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)

Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Ned and Harry are sitting on the steps and the other two children are in wheelbarrows. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-137/

img Photograph of Mrs. Moroika and son Ned posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-128)

Photograph of Mrs. Moroika and son Ned posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0213

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-128/

img Photograph of a young boy sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-134)

Photograph of a young boy sitting in an Army jeep in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0219

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-134/

Photograph of B.R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-138)

img Photograph of B.R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-138)

Photograph of Albert R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Ned and Harry are holding the handles of two wheelbarrows which hold the other two children. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-138/

img Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-348)

Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. The photograph is taken from the east looking west toward the Panamint range. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_1191

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-348/

doc Community analysis report, no. 2 (February 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1656)

Report, "Causes of unrest at relocation centers," discussing factors contributing to the strikes and unrest at Poston and Manzanar incarceration camps. Covers living conditions, cultural issues, security, administration, authority, labor, and other issues. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1658

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1656/

av Oral history with Karl Yoneda (ddr-csujad-29-382)

An oral interview with Karl Yoneda, a Nisei labor activist and veteran, incarcerated at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1376.2_T01

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-382/