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Steven Okazaki Collection (ddr-densho-1012)
The Steven Okazaki Collection consists of interviews conducted by filmmaker Steven Okazaki for his 1984 Oscar-nominated documentary, Unfinished Business. The film profiles Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui and their legal fight to have their World War II convictions overturned. The interviews are audio-only, and are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …
![Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Michi Weglyn, William Hohri, Aiko Herzig, and Harry Ueno (ddr-csujad-29-297)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7c/68/7c68803fc190b588a2f16fcfe79e04f5.jpg)
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Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Michi Weglyn, William Hohri, Aiko Herzig, and Harry Ueno (ddr-csujad-29-297)
Group photograph of National Council for Japanese American Redress members at Supreme Court. Photograph titled: "Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Michi Weglyn, William Hohri, Aiko Herzig, and Harry Ueno." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P240
![Hirabayashi 'Bowled Over' As White Wife Has Twins (July 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1131)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e9/e8/e9e877b03b4a5e3f4043e3cc595ddc80.jpg)
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Hirabayashi 'Bowled Over' As White Wife Has Twins (July 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1131)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 27, 1945, p. 17
![Testimony of Arthur G. Barnett (ddr-densho-67-148)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e4/71/e471b65da9f45e61eda9b287bffe2c7a.jpg)
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Testimony of Arthur G. Barnett (ddr-densho-67-148)
Written testimony of Arthur G. Barnett, Chairman of the Japanese-American Emergency Committe of the Seattle Council of Churches. Mr. Barnett was also the first legal contact for Gordon Hirabayashi. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Public Climate and Racism." Personal information excised …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 17 (April 29, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/52/ba/52ba01140e14dc8bbdc7a7720650c597.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 17 (April 29, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-17)
Selected article titles: "Senate Votes $1.3 Billion for WW2 Evacuees" (p. 1), "White House Next Step: S.1009 Passes on Strong Bipartisan Stand of 69 Yeas, 27 Nays, 4 N.V.s" (pp. 1, 4), "Japanese Americans Happy with Senate Passage" (pp. 1-2), "Japanese Canadian Redress--A Review" (pp. 3, 9), and "First Hirabayashi Case Upholds the Curfew" (pp. 4-5).
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 10 (October 2, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-35)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9f/7e/9f7e4679cff2eb1148454110e48840cf.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 10 (October 2, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-35)
Selected article titles: "AAJA Convention Has 'Write' Stuff" (pp. 1, 3, 8), "Coram Nobis Case: Court Overturns Wartime Convictions" (pp. 1, 6), "Reese Article Calls Redress Issue a Second Attack on Pearl Harbor" (p. 4), and "The Mountainous Ordeal of Passing Redress" (pp. 5-7).
![Filming Narrator (ddr-densho-506-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8d/2c/8d2c196b39e6494c2862e80f8f3bae7e.jpg)
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Filming Narrator (ddr-densho-506-9)
Two staff members, one who appears to Tom Ikeda, interviewing a narrator with camera person in back.
![Mid-interview photo with narrator (ddr-densho-506-132)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/e0/f6e0ba24f3db81304e12d75c217226bd.jpg)
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Mid-interview photo with narrator (ddr-densho-506-132)
Photo shot from behind the interviews of an oral history interview.
![Narrator interview shot from back interviewer (ddr-densho-506-70)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/df/18/df181a1df45370ed958d52b3cce5b178.jpg)
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Narrator interview shot from back interviewer (ddr-densho-506-70)
Photo with a narrator that shows production equipment and the filming location. The interviewer appears to be Tom Ikeda.
![Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-370)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b8/6a/b86a9f2273c4aea79807ae9ffd148dac.jpg)
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-370)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s message noted recent passage of two key community leaders, Koyo Motoda and Uhachi Tamesa; DoR-1988, Potluck at Bush-Asia Center, keynotes-Mike Lowry and Norman Mineta, Frank Abe- emcee; Judge Donald Voorhees, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, dismissed Gordon Hirabayashi?s 1942 curfew conviction. Roger Shimizu, part of the Hirabayashi legal team, says …
![Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-371)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e7/4d/e74de4583300d37d087932aa9a19cdd6.jpg)
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-371)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s message noted recent passage of two key community leaders, Koyo Motoda and Uhachi Tamesa; DoR-1988, Potluck at Bush-Asia Center, keynotes-Mike Lowry and Norman Mineta, Frank Abe- emcee; Judge Donald Voorhees, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, dismissed Gordon Hirabayashi?s 1942 curfew conviction. Roger Shimizu, part of the Hirabayashi legal team, says …
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-20-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-20-6)
Wife receives negative mail in regards to interracial marriage
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-20-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-20-10)
Looking back on decisions in life
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-20-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-20-13)
Having a Quaker marriage ceremony
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-20-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-20-3)
Community reaction to interracial marriage
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-20-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-20-14)
Description of wedding ceremony in Spokane, Washington
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-20-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-20-5)
Marriage announcement made public in the Spokane Chronicle
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-20-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-20-9)
Discussion of wife's family relationships
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-20-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-20-12)
Father's influence in life choices
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-20-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-20-2)
Meeting future wife, Esther Schmoe, a University student who visited the jail
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-20-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-20-4)
Decision to enter into interracial marriage, family's concerns
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-20-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-20-1)
Being held in the King County jail, unable to be released on bail
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-20-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-20-7)
Listening to advice from family and friends before getting married
![Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-20-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/67/9767e35778736aa3e4249300293a4856.jpg)
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-20-8)
A weekend trip to discuss future of marriage results in decision to separate