Fair Play Committee

vh An oral history with Frank S. Emi - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-68-1)

An oral interview with Frank S. Emi, civil rights activist and leading figure of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Audio is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0169. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3734_F01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-68-1/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-9-10)

Sending press releases and news bulletins to newspapers outside of camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-10/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-9-11)

Fair Play Committee's cause discouraged by the ACLU

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-11/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-9-15)

Description of trial: found guilty and sent to jail

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-15/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-9-9)

Description of the Fair Play Committee: popularity of meetings

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-9/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1002-11-20)

Becoming the editor of the Rocky Shimpo newspaper in 1944, publishing an editorial in support of the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-20/

vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-6-6)

Description of the Fair Play Committee

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6-6/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 6 (September 8, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-31)

Selected article titles: "Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee: So. Calif. JACLers Throw Spotlights on Nisei WWII Draft Resistance Movement" (pp. 1, 10, 12), "Initial Redress Notices Being Mailed to Those Aged 90 and Up" (pp. 1, 10), "Portland Memorial Garden Project Gains Momentum" (p. 3), and "350 Outstanding Students Across Nation Apply: Profiles: National JACL Scholarship …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-31/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, May 31, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-94)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin. Also included is a letter to Weglyn and a letter written by Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen about Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_011

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-94/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, April 7, 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-89)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she discusses the "The Day of Remembrance" and the Lim Report. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_006

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doc Suggestions for resolutions about evacuees of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-4)

Presents arguments and supporting "data" to assert that the claim that "America is a white man's country" is "un-American"; that the Government must make a greater effort to supply housing and financial aid for people who are resettling; that those opposing resettlement are "making a mockery of our war aim to ensure justice and freedom"; and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-4/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-90)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she mentions fundraising in an incarceration camp for the Girl Scouts. She also discusses trying to get Deborah Lim to go public with her report about the collaboration between the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the U. S. government during World War II. The unflattering …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-90/

doc Tribute to Michi Weglyn by Toshiko Kawamoto, February 21, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-168)

A tribute to Michi Weglyn written by Toshiko Kawamoto in which she talks about her husband Dave Kawamoto who was one of the 63 men at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to refuse induction into the military. According to Toshiko Kawamoto her husband had been taken to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp a few weeks shy of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-168/

doc Letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen (ddr-csujad-24-92)

A letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen regarding the exclusion of Nisei from universities in the United States during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-92/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, March 16, 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-93)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which Weglyn describes her conversations with James Omura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-93/

doc Letter from Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-181)

A letter from Frank Chin arguing that their should be a day name after Japanese American activist James Omura, and describing the kind of celebration that should take place in his honor. The day Chin proposes in November 27th, Omura's birthday. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_01_014

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-181/

doc Letter from Eji Suyama (ddr-csujad-24-100)

A letter from Eji Suyama offering historical context for draft resistance by incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_08_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-100/

doc Letter to Helen Kawagoe, June 14, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-101)

A letter to Helen Kawagoe about her campaign for president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). In the letter the author argues for fighting for the JACL to recognize the bravery and sacrifices of Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-101/

img Frank Emi (ddr-csujad-29-170)

Photograph of Frank S. Emi. Oral history with Frank Emi, 1993-02-20, COPH, Japanese American Collection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P111

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img With resisters in Manor house living room (ddr-csujad-29-178)

Photograph titled: "With resisters in Manor House living room." Photo signed: "To Art and Debbie, With love and our boundless esteem, Michi and Walter." Photo photocopy at #1571.1 gives names of individuals in photo. Related folder with more Cal Poly reception photos in #104, COPH. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-178/

img [Photograph of Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen] (ddr-csujad-29-187)

Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen at a Heart Mountain resisters reunion in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. Photograph inscription: ""Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen at a Methodist church in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo for the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center Draft resisters."" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P129

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-187/

vh An oral history with Frank S. Emi (ddr-csujad-29-68)

An oral interview with Frank S. Emi, civil rights activist and leading figure of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0170. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3734_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-68/

av Oral history with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura (ddr-csujad-29-390)

An oral interview with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0960. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2331.2_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-390/

img 63 members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee at a court hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo (ddr-csujad-29-183)

Photograph of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Photograph titled: "63 members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee at a court hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo., having been charged with resisting the draft." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P125

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-183/

av Oral history with Frank Emi (ddr-csujad-29-389)

An oral interview with Frank Emi, a civil rights activist and leading figure of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0958. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2331.1_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-389/

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