May Y. Namba Interview Segment 18
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Finding work in camp: teacher's assistant, administration office
00:02:01 — Segment 18 of 34
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May Y. Namba Interview
02:26:41 — 34 segments
DATE
October 21, 2004
LOCATION
Seattle, Washington
DESCRIPTION
Nisei female. Born May 12, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Spent brief time in Japan as a young child, then returned to Seattle. Worked as a clerk in the Seattle School District until the onset of World War II, then was forced to resign under pressure from parent groups. Removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Moved to Chicago after leaving camp before eventually returning to Seattle. Took part in the redress movement of the 1980s, helping to obtain redress for the Japanese American Seattle School district clerks who wrongly lost their jobs.
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Alice Ito, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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