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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-127-19)
Facing resistance and hostility from the government's attorney, Victor Stone
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-127-1)
Receiving a full scholarship to graduate school at Boston University while still in prison
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-127-15)
Discussing merits of using coram nobis as basis for reopening cases
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-127-24)
Gordon Hirabayashi's conviction is vacated in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, decision is made to not take the case to the Supreme Court
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-127-13)
Making the decision to pursue reopening the Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Yasui cases through coram nobis
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-127-12)
Discovering the "smoking gun": evidence of government misconduct in the "internment cases"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-127-21)
Judge Patel vacates Fred Korematsu's forty-year-old conviction; reaction to Judge Patel's opinion: "I just felt overjoyed at what had happened"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-127-4)
Filing writ of error coram nobis, succeeding in overturning conviction on draft resistance
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-127-20)
An emotional hearing: Fred Korematsu makes a "powerful" statement in court
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-127-22)
Thoughts on being white, while working on civil rights issues with racial minorities
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-127-6)
First hearing about the Korematsu and Hirabayashi cases in law school
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-127-10)
Collaborating with Aiko Yoshinaga and the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-127-9)
Revisiting Korematsu and Hirabayashi cases as topic for book on civil rights; doing research at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-127-2)
Interests while attending Boston University: writing dissertation, research
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-127-23)
Gordon Hirabayashi's case in Seattle federal court, "a partial victory"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-127-25)
Legacy of the coram nobis cases and the incarceration: "the internment ... affected everybody in the country because it was done by the American government."
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-127-11)
Tracking down misplaced Justice Department case files on the "internment cases"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-127-5)
Attitude regarding legal profession, "...use the system to people's benefit..."
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-127-16)
Initial meeting of the legal team: "One thing that impressed me was how well-organized everybody was"
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-127-17)
Dealing with various issues, e.g. redress movement, Japanese American Citizens League, publicity, information leaks
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-127-18)
Filing petition for writ of error coram nobis, assigned Judge Marilyn Hall Patel
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Peter Irons Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-127-7)
Getting a teaching job at Boston College Law School
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Peter Irons Interview I Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-126-3)
Attending segregated public school in Delaware during Brown v. Board of Education
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Peter Irons Interview I Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-126-22)
Serving time in federal prison, racial tensions regarding the Vietnam War
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Peter Irons Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-126-11)
Attending the first National Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia