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Title: Yone Bartholomew Interview I
Narrator: Yone Bartholomew
Interviewer: Tracy Lai
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: May 1, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-byone-01-0013

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TL: Was there a, specific incident or event which, which motivated the people to form this organization?

YB: Well, we had heard that they were organizing various groups throughout the country --

TL: Okay,

YB: So we thought, well why, "We better do the same thing."

TL: The same thing, uh-huh.

YB: So we just fell in place with them.

TL: Were most of you about the same age, then?

YB: About the same... the group that organized it... well we had a lot of church groups going though, and we'd have conventions and we'd have some meeting, Santa Barbara occasionally, make a big affair; or go to Los Angeles or whichever.

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