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img Bus leaving for Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-262)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. These evacuees of Japanese ancestry are part of a group of 600 persons being evacuated on this morning to the assembly center. The Japanese American Citizens League headquarters is being used as a Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Prior to evacuation orders it was used as a language school.

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vh Hitoshi H. Kajihara Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-30-11)

Leadership role with the Japanese American Citizens League

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one …

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vh Grant Ujifusa Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-97-6)

Getting involved with the Japanese American Citizens League

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one …

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vh Fred Hirasuna Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-21-12)

Legacy of the Japanese American Citizens League

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. …

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 5, 1995 (ddr-csujad-24-88)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which criticizes the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for dismissing the Lim Report, a report commissioned by JACL in 1989 to determine the extent of their collaboration with Japanese American incarceration during Word War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 19, 1991 (ddr-csujad-24-71)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she references the Lim Report, a report commissioned by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in 1989 to determine the extent of JACL collaboration with Japanese American incarceration during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_05_005

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doc Letter to Helen Kawagoe, June 14, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-101)

A letter to Helen Kawagoe about her campaign for president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). In the letter the author argues for fighting for the JACL to recognize the bravery and sacrifices of Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 10 (March 17, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-10)

Selected article titles: "Redress Called 'Stupid': Redress Injunction Filed by Vets' Group" (pp. 1-2), "'Tenure Now' Rally for Don Nakanishi Draws 300 at UCLA" (p. 1), "Cal Poly Pomona Students Protest Anti-Asian Attacks" (pp. 1-2), and "Politics: Attitudes Toward the Emperor" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 10 (March 13, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-10)

Selected article titles: "Asian Admissions: UC Berkeley Report Fails to Silence Critics" (pp. 1, 3-4), "Arguments Heard in Appeal of 1985 Hirabayashi Ruling" (p. 1), "Getting Nikkei Singles Together--Nationally" (p. 5), and "Conference to Promote Sansei Leadership" (p. 8).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 4 (January 30, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-4)

Selected article titles: "JACL Anti-Defamation Chairman Denounces Hayakawa's Column" (p. 1), "Estimate 40,000 Vietnamese Will Be Living in California by June, 1976" (pp. 1-2), "Enomoto Faces Charge of Reverse Bias as State Affirmative Action Challenge" (p. 1), and "Editorials: Executive Order 9066" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 13 (April 2, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-13)

Selected article titles: "'Tokyo Rose' Accusers Told to Lie" (pp. 1-2), "Seattle JACL Committee Started Move to Eliminate E.O. 9066" (p. 1), "Editorials: Supreme Court Decisions" (p. 2), and "'Go for Broke!' vs. 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 8 (February 27, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-8)

Selected article titles: "Exec. Order 9066 Erased" (pp. 1-2), "Executive Director's Role Aired" (p. 1), "Questions for Wendy" (pp. 1-2), and "Seattle JACL Rebuts Hayakawa" (pp. 1, 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 5 (February 6, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-5)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Americans Neglected?" (p. 1), "Editorials: Growth of JACL (Excerpts of a 1940 Speech by Walter Tsukamoto)" (p. 2), "Hayakawa Critical of WW2 Camp Issue Revival" (p. 3), and "Book Review: Michi and Me" (p. 6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 3 (January 23, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-3)

Selected article titles: "Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission at Full Strength; Fund Set at $30 Million" (p. 1), "S. I. Hayakawa Column on Use of 'Concentration Camp' Saddening" (p. 1), and "Seattle's Reparation Proposal Put on Tape" (pp. 4-5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 18 (May 7, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-18)

Selected article titles: "JACL Seeks Whereabouts of 314 'Fired Calif. Employees'" (pp. 1, 5), "Redress Phase 4: JACL '42 Leadership" (p. 2), "Guest's Corner: Racism: Are We Part of the Problem?" (p. 4), "Prewar Nikkei Community of 2,100 Families in Imperial Valley Down to 3" (p. 7), and "P.L. 503 Makes Mockery of the U.S. Constitution" …

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doc Letter of congratulations to Joe Hamanaka from Jim Matsuoka (ddr-densho-280-41)

Letter from James M. Matsuoka awarding Joe Hamanaka with a savings bond as reward for submitting the winning JACL 17th Biennial Convention theme.

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doc Letter of gratitude to Joe Hamanaka from Jim Matsuoka (ddr-densho-280-40)

Letter from James M. Matsuoka thanking Joe Hamanaka for sending a promotional material and congratulating him on submitting the winning JACL 17th Biennial Convention theme.

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doc Some Proposed Changes to SJR 21 letter (ddr-densho-280-29)

A typed document from Joe Hamanaka to Tak Kubota, General Chairman of JACL's Committee on Abolishing Restrictions on Land Ownership, outlining some proposed changes to a letter about passing Senate Joint Resolution No. 21.

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img Women at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-650)

Identification from duplicate photograph: [from left to right] Fumi & Etsu Kondo, Marilyn Domoto, June Yoshioka. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-1239.

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img Women at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-1239)

Written on verso: [from left to right] Fumi & Etsu Kondo, Marilyn Domoto, June Yoshioka, 7/49, JACL picnic. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-650.

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img Miko playing a game (ddr-densho-433-1219)

Miko playing a game at a JACL picnic at Crow Canyon Park. Written on verso: Miko Tanisawa [with baseball bat], Ray Kitayama [standing behind Miko], Hank Shinoka [standing to the right], 7/49.

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, November 15, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-316)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on Fair Practice Committee, school construction, Japanese literature, resignation of Judicial Commissioners, clothing allowances, and Heart Mountain Club, and a request made to the Japanese American Citizens League. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0318

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vh Ben Ohama Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-5)

Nisei male. Born December 10, 1917, and grew up in Sanger, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Served in the Military Intelligence Service as an interpreter in Japan. After military service, moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became involved with the Japanese American Citizens League.

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vh John Tateishi Interview (ddr-janm-13-4)

Nisei male. Born August 21,1939, in Lawndale, California. Served as National Redress Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was involved in the movement to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans. Founded Tateishi/Shinoda and Associates, a management and public affairs consulting firm. In 1999, became the National Executive Director of the JACL.

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vh John Tateishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-469)

Nisei male. Born August 21,1939, in Lawndale, California. Served as National Redress Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was involved in the movement to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans. Founded Tateishi/Shinoda and Associates, a management and public affairs consulting firm. In 1999, became the National Executive Director of the JACL.

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