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Identity and values
Like millions of other immigrants in the United States, first-generation Japanese and their children felt the tension of maintaining their cultural heritage amid pressures to conform to mainstream society while also dealing with discrimination. Although most new immigrants in this country have had to struggle with these same conflicts, one traumatic event sets Japanese Americans apart from other immigrant groups: the mass incarceration during World War II.
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334 items

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Young man lounges in a yard (ddr-densho-404-185)
A young man wearing an apron, possibly Tokeo Tagami, lounges in the shade underneath a tree.

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Kneeling man (ddr-densho-404-105)
A man in a dark slacks and sweater kneels in front of a building with crumbling paint.

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Man and boy stand beside a car (ddr-densho-404-71)
A man and boy stand beside the back bumper of a car with a Washington license plate.

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Family on doorway steps (ddr-densho-404-290)
Tokeo Tagami, a woman, and a child pose on the steps in front of a doorway.

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Men and boys with a string of fish (ddr-densho-404-154)
Two men and two boys with fishing poles show off a string of fish.

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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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Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)
Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.

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Copy of Mary Ima and Mori Ima's name change request (ddr-densho-483-128)
Certified copy of name change request for Mary and Morinosuki Ima (Imayanagita).

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Fujihira family photograph album (ddr-densho-518-4)
An album containing photographs from the Fujihira family's time at Minidoka.

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Large group in parade carrying U.S. and Japanese flags (ddr-densho-426-1887)
Inscription on front: Japan Day (9)

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Two men and two women standing out the Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1864)
Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi on right. Stamped on back: Candid Camera Photo Service / May 11 1939

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Large group in parade, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1888)
Inscription on front: Japan Day / April 29, 1939 / G.G.I.E.T.I. / (7)

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Man sitting in display in Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1657)
Golden Gate International Exposition

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Woman standing by fountain and sculpture (ddr-densho-426-1639)
Golden Gate International Exposition.

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Man standing outside Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1654)
Golden Gate International Exposition

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Woman in kimono standing in garden (ddr-densho-426-1856)
Likely in Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition
