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doc Notes: "We say German people" (ddr-densho-468-176)

One handwritten notecard with thoughts about America and Germany

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-176/

doc Notes: "God is tearing down" (ddr-densho-468-177)

Thoughts on faith and war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-177/

doc Notes: "If you don't love one person" (ddr-densho-468-178)

Thoughts on love and religious fanaticism

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-178/

doc Draft: "I am not a typical Nisei" (ddr-densho-468-179)

Draft of essay or diary entry with thoughts on identity, race, deculturalization, and friendship

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-179/

doc Draft: "Parents gave kids no long names because they knew none} (ddr-densho-468-180)

Draft of essay or diary entry with thoughts on Nisei names

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-180/

doc Draft: "article" (ddr-densho-468-181)

Typed draft with handwritten notes describing thoughts on Japanese-American identity

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-181/

doc Note: "The thing that has failed to warn us" (ddr-densho-468-182)

Thoughts on how Americans failed to notice rise of militarism in Japan after invasion of China

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-182/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Offers No Comment Regarding Big Six Race Controversy" (ddr-densho-468-183)

Article regarding integration of Big Six athletics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-183/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Expresses Views on Racial Dispute in Open Letter" (ddr-densho-468-184)

Article responding to open letter in Daily Nebraskan article from April 23, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-184/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Students Criticize Thompson's Letter" (ddr-densho-468-185)

Article responding to Dean Thompson's letter on April 25, 1946. Ishikawa's response notes that, while legislation cannot eradicate prejudice, it can prevent the manifestations of prejudice.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-185/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Lloyd Marti (ddr-densho-468-186)

Thank you letter for hitchhiking with appeal for assistance. Ishikawa mentions being the assistant director for one of the city's playgrounds.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-186/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)

Letter protesting segregation of Lincoln, Nebraska, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-187/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Zora Tennant (ddr-densho-468-188)

Letter of resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-188/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)

Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-189/

doc Interview with Zora Tennant and Jimmy Lewis (ddr-densho-468-190)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-190/

doc Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool, including discussion of a legal challenge. Second note describes Kyle's follow-up on July 22, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-191/