ddr-densho-122-18-2 — Randy Senzaki Interview Segment 2

Randy Senzaki Interview Segment 2

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Reading of a letter regarding resignation as national director for the Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-densho-122-18-1) - 00:00:52

Frustration with the JACL's "denial" regarding apologizing to the World War II resisters of conscience (ddr-densho-122-18-2) - 00:04:26

As national director of the JACL, attempting to bridge the gap with resisters, and turn the JACL into a civil rights organization (ddr-densho-122-18-3) - 00:03:59

Thoughts on Mike Masaoka; dealing with controversy as national director of the JACL (ddr-densho-122-18-4) - 00:03:22

Thoughts on the JACL's inability to apologize to the resisters (ddr-densho-122-18-5) - 00:03:58

Growing up with racism postwar; father's thoughts on draft resistance (ddr-densho-122-18-6) - 00:02:56

Thoughts on the courage of the resisters; the resisters' mistreatment postwar by the Japanese American community (ddr-densho-122-18-7) - 00:06:00

Description of resisters' panel at the Salt Lake City National JACL convention (ddr-densho-122-18-8) - 00:03:58

Deciding to serve as JACL national director: "there was a possibility and hope for change" (ddr-densho-122-18-9) - 00:06:29

The attitude of some Japanese Americans to the resisters: "they're unwilling to find the forgiveness in their hearts" (ddr-densho-122-18-10) - 00:01:51

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Frustration with the JACL's "denial" regarding apologizing to the World War II resisters of conscience

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.

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May 5, 1996

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World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Community responses to resistance

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Randy Senzaki

Randy Senzaki Interview

00:37:51 — 10 segments

May 5, 1996

San Francisco, California

Sansei male. Was National Director for the Japanese American Citizens League in 1994 and 1995.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)

Frank Abe, interviewer

Frank Abe Collection

Courtesy of Frank Abe

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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