Lloyd K. Wake Interview Segment 16

Parents' family background (ddr-densho-1000-330-1) - 00:05:26
Born in Reedley, California (ddr-densho-1000-330-2) - 00:05:13
Growing up in Reedley, helping on family farm (ddr-densho-1000-330-3) - 00:06:02
Description of family's farm (ddr-densho-1000-330-4) - 00:10:19
Attending elementary school and Japanese language school (ddr-densho-1000-330-5) - 00:05:41
Japanese American community activities (ddr-densho-1000-330-6) - 00:07:25
Getting involved in high school activities (ddr-densho-1000-330-7) - 00:10:47
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-330-8) - 00:06:10
Changes in Reedley when Japanese Americans from other communities entered (ddr-densho-1000-330-9) - 00:07:07
Preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-1000-330-10) - 00:05:40
First impressions of Poston (ddr-densho-1000-330-11) - 00:07:41
Daily life in camp: working for the social service department, participating in sports (ddr-densho-1000-330-12) - 00:05:54
Parents' activities in camp (ddr-densho-1000-330-13) - 00:09:14
Leaving camp to attend college (ddr-densho-1000-330-14) - 00:09:29
Attending college (ddr-densho-1000-330-15) - 00:07:19
Father's passing in camp (ddr-densho-1000-330-16) - 00:08:42
Hearing about the end of the war (ddr-densho-1000-330-17) - 00:03:33
Deciding to enter the ministry (ddr-densho-1000-330-18) - 00:08:10
Experiences in seminary (ddr-densho-1000-330-19) - 00:08:36
Ministering to San Francisco jail inmates (ddr-densho-1000-330-20) - 00:05:44
Getting involved in civil rights issues (ddr-densho-1000-330-21) - 00:07:34
Reasons for getting involved in African American and civil rights issues (ddr-densho-1000-330-22) - 00:07:22
Participation in the Third World Strike at San Francisco Strike (ddr-densho-1000-330-23) - 00:08:51
Continuing involvement in civil rights causes (ddr-densho-1000-330-24) - 00:04:32
Supporting Wendy Yoshimura in the Patty Hearst case (ddr-densho-1000-330-25) - 00:06:05
Involvement in the redress movement (ddr-densho-1000-330-26) - 00:04:43
Being arrested during a protest (ddr-densho-1000-330-27) - 00:13:08
Continuing involvement in progressive movements (ddr-densho-1000-330-28) - 00:05:46
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Father's passing in camp

00:08:42 — Segment 16 of 28

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April 7, 2011

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Lloyd K. Wake

Lloyd K. Wake Interview

03:22:13 — 28 segments

April 7, 2011

San Francisco, California

Nisei male. Born January 12, 1922, in Reedley, California. Grew up in Reedley, where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp in 1943 to attend Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and entered the ministry. After the war, lived in San Francisco, California, and became involved in numerous progressive movements.

Martha Nakagawa, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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