143 items
143 items
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Balance sheet of Japanese evacuation: untruths about Japanese-Americans our two Japanese-American policies are the evacuees being coddled?: what race-baiting costs America (ddr-csujad-55-355)
Pamphlet reporting on and critiquing common misconceptions about Japanese Americans, the incarceration, government policy, and the War Relocation Authority. Reprinted from the Christian Century August 18 and 25, and September 1 and 8, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0357
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Rohwer Outpost Vol. II No. 24 (March 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-44)
Selected article titles: "Center Membership Drive Nets $1488.59" (p. 1), "Resettlement Talk. Rundquist Outlines Policy of Committee, WRA Office" (p. 1), "Director May Now Issue Leave in Groups" (p. 1), "Residents May Leave in Groups" (p. 1), "Editorial: Committee On Fair Play" (p. 4).
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CSU Northridge Relief and Support Groups for Japanese Americans During World War II Collection (ddr-csujad-18)
Many non-governmental groups sought redress for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. This collection contains reports, correspondence, publicity, and other documents issued by the Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, YMCA, American Friends Service Committee, and Japanese American Citizens League. …
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Copy of letter to jailed Fair Play Committee members from Kiyoshi Okamoto (ddr-densho-122-831)
Encouraging them to support James Omura in his trial for conspiracy
Narrator Sam Horino
Nisei male. Born July 17, 1914, in Gardena, California. Passively resisted "evacuation" in 1942, forcing two soldiers to carry him out of his home. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and became one of the steering committee leaders of the Fair Play Committee (FPC). Was tried along with the other FPC leaders and was convicted …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 22 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-47)
Selected article titles: "34 Nisei Killed, 130 Injured on Italian Front. Names of 13 Dead Announced By War Department; Stimson Praises Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Coast Fair Play Committee Backs WRA Jurisdiction On Tule Segregation Camp. Immediate Separation Of Troublemakers Urged By California Group" (p. 2), "Communists Ask Fair Play for Loyal Evacuees. Urge Army Control …
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Poston Chronicle Vol. X No. 32 (March 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-265)
Selected article titles: "Snelson Explains Menu Set Up" (p. 1), "Canvass of Blocks for Nurse Aides Approved" (p. 1), "Bureau of Social Relation Created" (p. 1), "Fair Play Committee Urges Nisei to Believe in Ideal America" (p. 2).
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Endorsement of government policies by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play (ddr-csujad-55-1741)
List of principles with quotes endorsed by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. Statements cover segregation of disloyal Japanese Americans, right to serve in armed forces, "resettlement" to meet manpower shortages, and fair play for loyal Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1743
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 94 (September 30, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-206)
Selected article titles: "Farm Harvest Continues with Skeleton Crew" (p. 1), "Relocates 31,000; Job Third Done, Myer" (p. 1), "To Confer on Sanitation" (p. 3), "Liquidation of Centers Discussed by Directors" (p. 3), "Fair Play Committee to Fight Intolerance" (p. 4).
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 17 (February 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-615)
Selected article titles: "Fresno Fair Play Committee, Churches and Other Organizations to Assist Returnees" (p. 1), "Cig Ration Cut to Two Packs This Week" (p. 2), "Two Lost Jobs for Violating WRA Ruling" (p. 2), "Students Returning with Prior Approval May Visit Center Free" (p. 3).
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Interview with Frank Emi, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1796)
Emi discusses community organizations and publications that shunned the draft resisters, the statement by the Fair Play Committee that triggered their arrest, what his children know of his time in camp, and why some Nisei and Issei don't discuss what happened during the war. Emi also reads a letter from George Ishikawa leading up to the …
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Selected notes from letters received by Kiyoshi Okamoto, authors unidentified, forwarded to Fair Play Committee (ddr-densho-122-818)
Re: legal represenation at the trial, including Okamoto's notes to FPC
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Gloria Kubota Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-122-13-9)
Recollections of the Fair Play Committee Steering Committee meetings
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 …
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, February 26, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-529)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on camp facilities and Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0531
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, February 22, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-526)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on labor, food, and Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0528
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 98 (March 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-180)
Selected article titles: "Offices Are Set-Up For Group Work" (p. 1), "Clams Are Unsanitary" (p. 1), "Colonist Teachers Study Psychology" (p. 1), "Over 1000 Volunteers in Relocation Camps: 7425 Hawaiian Nisei Swarm Draft Boards" (p. 1), "Bank of America Service is Discontinued Until Apr. 6" (p. 1), "Granada Evacuees Give $1254 To Red Cross Fund" (p. …
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, March 6, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-533)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion with members of the Fair Play Committee on petitions and selective service. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0535
Narrator James Omura
Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy …
Narrator Gloria Kubota
Nisei female. Born June 6, 1916, in Santa Clara County, California. Raised in Santa Clara, and met and married Issei Guntaro Kubota, one of the leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. During World War II, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, along with daughter. Gave birth to a son in camp. Husband Guntaro …
Narrator Takashi Hoshizaki
Nisei male. Born October 3, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents owned and operated a produce store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, decided to resist the draft, and attended meetings of …
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Collection of copies of correspondence with the ACLU from leaders of the Fair Play Committee and lawyers. (ddr-densho-122-820)
Including transcripts of leave clearance hearings of Frank Emi, Min Tamesa and Kiyoshi Okamoto
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Jack Y. Kunitomi Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-376-10)
Sitting in on meetings of the Fair Play Committee
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …
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Takashi Hoshizaki Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-290-23)
Attending meetings of the Fair Play Committee
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 16 (October 23, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-41)
Selected article titles: "Japanese Americans Should Have Fair Trial, Pearl Buck Tells California Senate Group. Noted Author Declares Exclusion Laws Against Asiatics Primary Cause of Present War; Danger of Real Race War Told Committee" (p. 1), "West Coast Fair Play Group Surveys Washington Opinion On Japanese Americans. Mrs. Ruth Kingman Declares Pacific Coast Committee Interested in …
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, March 10, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-536)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on Red Cross memberships, petition regarding restoration of rights, and the Council's standpoint on the Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0538