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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-113-35)
Supportive Japanese American community provides financial and emotional support for legal team and also appreciation for long-awaited vindication
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-113-6)
Avoiding the pigeonhole of racial stereotypes during school years
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-113-4)
An exceptional experience: growing up in Gardena, California surrounded by a large Japanese American community
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-113-22)
Personal growth in law school and feeling shocked upon receiving award at graduation ceremony
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-113-3)
Influence of paternal grandparents: importance of family, generosity
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-113-5)
Significance of Japanese American leadership and role models in Gardena, California
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-113-26)
Opportunity to work on "a case of a lifetime," meeting the "cultural icon" Fred Korematsu
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-113-18)
Realities of law school, much-needed support from other minority students
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-113-14)
An "eye-opening experience": discovering the realities of concentration camps in Asian American Studies courses at college
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-113-17)
Entering University of San Francisco School of Law with "the sense that law could be a vehicle for social change"
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-113-30)
Formation of the original legal team, "a very personal case to all of us"
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-113-25)
Explanation of Korematsu v. US (1944), and of new, powerful evidence instigating the reopening of the case
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-113-29)
Taking on the case with optimism, "We had no idea what we were getting into"
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-113-2)
Quiet dignity and family pride: Japanese cultural values passed down from maternal grandparents
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-113-34)
Government offers a pardon, Fred Korematsu stands firm and refuses to accept: "Why should I accept a pardon? ... I should be pardoning the government"
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-113-19)
Alienation as a minority in law school, activism surrounding affirmative action case heightens personal political sense and highlights role models
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-113-11)
Vivid memories of the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam War protests, and the racial struggle in the U.S. during junior high school years
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-113-13)
Mother teaches importance of education by example, in pursuit of her own Ph.D.
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-113-9)
Learning politics by observing father, not from discussions
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-113-20)
"A horrible realization" of injustice of Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. US, (1944)
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-113-24)
Practicing law with political-minded partners, involvement in redress efforts, meeting Peter Irons
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-113-21)
Coming to understand law as a tool for bettering society, empowered by certain individuals
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-113-39)
Life after Korematsu: teaching law, community involvement, passing on lessons of tolerance and social responsibilities to children
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-113-38)
Lessons learned from work on Korematsu: critical perspective of the law, value of coalition work, and importance of being a good lawyer