Testimony of Conscience

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This document is a transcript of a sermon given by Charles Z. Smith at the Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on July 28, 1974. Smith was not of Japanese descent nor incarcerated during World War II in a concentration camp, but during his law career he advocated for immigrant rights and opposed Executive Order 9066. Similarly, in this sermon he speaks out against the many lasting impacts of wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. To learn more about Smith, see his oral history at https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/182/.

July 28, 1974

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