Shosuke Sasaki Segment 27
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Opinions of the Japanese American Citizens League's prewar and wartime actions
00:03:52 — Segment 27 of 29
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Shosuke Sasaki Interview
02:52:22 — 29 segments
DATE
May 18, 1997
LOCATION
Seattle, Washington
DESCRIPTION
Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative use of "Jap" in newspapers. Was a strong critic of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). After moving to Seattle, was active in formulating the "Seattle Plan" for redress in the early 1970s.
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Frank Abe, interviewer; Stephen Fugita, interviewer; Matt Emery, videographer
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