Manzanar riot/uprising
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![[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)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/14/be/14bef8b404c9d09cbb7c1c619a66a758.jpg)
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[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
![[Report on Manzanar strike/riot] (ddr-csujad-2-52)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/78/3a/783ab45d6e4ebe8f8bb4621ca3c3106b.jpg)
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[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

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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

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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 …

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An Oral History with Seiko Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-11)
Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral …

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Idaho Jap Paper Deplores Riots (January 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-876)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 4, 1943, p. 5

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If They Want to Play Rough, It's High Time to Be Tough (December 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-868)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 9, 1942, p. 6

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Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Chiyeko Akahoshi (December 26, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-104)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Chiyeko Akahoshi (December 26, 1942). Envelope is postmarked December 30, 1942 from the Manzanar Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.

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Scrapbook (ddr-densho-361-1)
Written on tape on cover: "This scrapbook is original--1942 Nobuko Omoto (Sakai) Bainbridge Island, WA. Please handle with care."

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Letter from Larry Tajiri to Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground (ddr-densho-338-426)
Discussion of an article about the Manazanar riot/uprising.

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Letter to Larry Tajiri from Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground (ddr-densho-338-425)
The author praises Larry Tajiri's work running the Pacific Citizen, discusses an article on the Manzanar riot/uprising, and requests he stop using the term "the American Japanese."

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Letter to project directors about the "Kibei problem" (ddr-densho-381-23)
Myer describes Kibei as a "complex problem" in his letter to the project directors. He encloses a report from January 28, 1944, detailing differences between Kibei and Nisei, reasons Kibei were sent for education in Japan, and Kibei reactions to being detained in concentration camps.

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Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)
A report submitted by John M. Costello to the House of Representatives discussing concerns with the War Relocation Authority's management of the concentration camps.

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Transcription of reports about Manazanar Riot (ddr-densho-122-853)
Including information about casualities

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One Evacuee's Version of Events Leading up to the incident of December 6 (ddr-densho-122-562)
Report from Community Analysis Section on Manzanar Riot, author not identified

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A Private Report on the Incident of Dec. 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-122-564)
Confidential report by Koichi Tsuji

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Events leading up to the Riot of December 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-122-560)
Memo to Ralph P. Merritt from Robert Throckmorton re: Manzanar "riot"

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Letter addressed to unidentified friend (ddr-densho-122-565)
author unidentified, letter with details about Manzanar riot

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First Report on Events from Saturday December 5 to date (ddr-densho-122-561)
Report on Manzanar Riot from Reports Office