182 items
182 items
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-235)
Sansei male. Born 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Attended law school at UC Berkeley, California and became involved with the Asian Law Caucus. After graduating, returned to Hawaii. In the 1980s, left job in Hawaii and moved to the Bay Area to become a member of the pro bono legal team for Korematsu v. United States, …
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Edward K. Honda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-244)
Sansei male. Born July 7, 1945, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Parents were from Hawaii, but father was picked up by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and mother went to rejoin him on the mainland. After leaving camp, lived briefly in New York City before returning to Hawaii, where parents separated. …
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Donald K. Tamaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-234)
Sansei male. Born May 26, 1951, in Oakland, California. Received law degree from UC Berkeley. In the 1980s, served as a member of the pro bono legal team for Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during World War …
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Lloyd K. Wake Interview (ddr-densho-1000-330)
Nisei male. Born January 12, 1922, in Reedley, California. Grew up in Reedley, where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp in 1943 to attend Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and entered the ministry. After the war, lived in San Francisco, California, and …
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Nancy K. Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-305)
Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.
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Molly K. Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-420)
Nisei female. Born November 23, 1919, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, where parents had a farm. Finished college before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to …
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K. Morgan Yamanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-329)
Nisei male. Born April 14, 1924, in San Francisco, California. Went to Japan with family at a very young age before returning to San Francisco. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and transferred to Tule Lake concentration …
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-235-11)
Resigning from job to work on the coram nobis case
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-235-7)
Deciding to go to law school and moving to the mainland
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-235-19)
Effects of the Korematsu case on 9/11 issues
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-235-16)
Aftermath of the hearing: emotional reactions
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-235-3)
Grandfather's activities during Prohibition
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-235-9)
First hearing about the Korematsu case in law school
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-235-1)
Description of mother: growing up in Hawaii
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-235-5)
Description of relationship with father
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-235-15)
Memories of hearing the Korematsu ruling
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-235-14)
Description of the Korematsu legal team
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Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-235-18)
Discussion of the original Korematsu v. United States case