Clifford Uyeda Interview Segment 16
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Densho
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-densho-122-19-16 (Legacy UID: denshovh-uclifford-01-0016)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Desire for the JACL to admit its past wrongs during World War II, and apologize for the way some of its members treated the draft resisters
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.
00:07:10 — Segment 16 of 19
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CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
PARTNER
Densho
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-122-19
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Clifford Uyeda Interview
01:43:47 — 19 segments
DATE
May 5, 1996
LOCATION
San Francisco, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born January 14, 1917, in Olympia, Washington. Raised in Washington before attending the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1940. Earned medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed his residency at Harvard Medical School in 1949. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and worked as a pediatrician in San Francisco. While president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), worked to support the redress movement of the 1980s.
(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.)
PRODUCTION
Frank Abe, interviewer; Frank Chin, interviewer
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.