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img Membership drive booth at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-645)

Identification from duplicate photograph: Mari and Jerry Shibata, Yuki and Carol Shibata, Jane Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, J. A. C. L. picnic 1949, July. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-1236.

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Witness preparation information packet to submit written testimony and testify before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-55-109)

doc Witness preparation information packet to submit written testimony and testify before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-55-109)

Information created for the purpose of assisting individuals in preparing testimony for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Packet includes information on the investigation and review process, location of hearings, hearing formats, preparing oral testimony, post-hearing procedures, and a list of groups in the redress and reparations effort. See this object in the …

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doc Inouye copy in nation's press continues to score (ddr-densho-510-54)

Newspaper Clipping

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doc Frank F. Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2384)

Narrative essay describing Frank F. Nakamura's experience as an individual of Japanese ancestry living in California during the events of World War II. Nakamura describes his role as the Sutter-Yuba president of the Japanese American Citizens League, the evacuation orders and their impact on the community, Nakamura's experience at Tule Lake and Granada incarceration camps, relocation …

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vh George Fugami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-7)

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Sent with siblings to be educated in Japan when ten years old. Returned to the United States in 1935. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Active in Seattle's postwar Japanese American community as a member and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 25 (December 20-27, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-51)

Selected article titles: "In Honor of Pioneers from Japan to America" (p. 1), "The Sorry Memory: More Are Questioning the Constitutionality of Korematsu Case -- Low Point in U.S. History for Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "Political Behavior of Issei and Nisei" (p. 2), "How Japanese Are the Japanese Americans?" (p. 21), "Hayakawa 'hottest' Issue in S.F. …

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vh Teresa Maebori Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-20)

Sansei female. Born February 13, 1945, in Caldwell, Idaho. During World War II, parents were incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved to Auburn, Washington, where father's family had a pottery business and mother was a dressmaker. Teresa grew up in Auburn and graduated from the University of Washington. Served in …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 25 (December 18, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-50)

Selected article titles: "East Coast history of Japanese to be distinctive contribution" (p. 1), "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (p. 2), "JACL chapter presidents" (p. 4), "JACL Bowling Tournament Champions" (p. 7), "The JACL Story: For Better Americans in a Greater America" (p. 9), "Heart Mountain WRA Camp residents sound off before a Dies Committee …

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vh Jun Kurumada Interview (ddr-densho-1013-5)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVI, No. 11, November 1979 (ddr-sjacl-1-284)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Board meeting to discuss direction for Seattle JACL redress direction. A large turnout is requested; Camp Harmony monument delayed for lack of funding; Press Conference for ?Day of Remembrance? Postponement of Pilgrimage??Japanese Americans in Idaho fear white backlash, say ?Day of Remembrance: at Minidoka by former concentration camp internees will ?embarrass? …

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doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League secretaries (ddr-densho-277-74)

A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as secretaries from 1930 to 1964.

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vh Grant Ujifusa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-133)

Sansei male. Born January 4, 1942 in Worland, Wyoming. Graduated from Harvard College in 1965, and went on to earn an M.A. in American History from Brandeis University and an ABT in American Civilization from Brown University. Worked for book publishers Gambit, Houghton Mifflin, Random House, Macmillan, and Reader's Digest magazine. Played an integral part in …

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vh Fred Hirasuna Interview (ddr-densho-1000-21)

Nisei male. Born February 11, 1908, in Lodi, California. Resettled voluntarily to Mankato, Minnesota, prior to mass removal. Resettled in central California in 1947. Member of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) since 1929. Became active in the redress movement as fundraiser and lobbyist for Central California District Council of JACL.

(This interview was conducted at …

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Narrator Ronald Ikejiri

Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to …

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doc Letter from Clifford I. Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga, January 11, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-38)

A passionate letter from Clifford Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga about the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) refusing to take a position on people who were arrested because of an allegation that they were involved with the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Uyeda argues that these people are being targeted for incarceration merely because of their ethnicity and that …

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img [Panoramic photo of group in front of Enmanji Buddhist Temple] (ddr-csujad-56-314)

Panoramic photo of group in front of Enmanji Buddhist Temple in Sebastopol, California. It was taken to commemorate the Buddhist ceremony to celebrate the construction and opening of Enmanji Buddhist Temple and installation of the Buddhist statue. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization …

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av Oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto (ddr-csujad-53-1)

An oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto, daughters of Frank and Hisa Ishii. Frank Ishii was the first president of the Japanese American Citizens League in Long Beach. The family was first "evacuated"; from Long Beach to Santa Anita race track assembly center, then incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. …

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av Alice Ono Interview (ddr-densho-400-19)

Alice Ono was born on January 1, 1912, in Los Angeles, California. She was one of five children of Yujiro and Yone Fukuyama. Her father was a produce broker and her mother was a housewife. During World War II, she and her family were sent to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war she and …

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av Miyoko Fujikawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-2)

Miyoko Fujikawa was born on December 25, 1919, in Reedley, California, and grew up in Harbor City, California. Fujikawa was imprisoned at the Santa Anita Racetrack and the concentration camp in Jerome, Arkansas. After leaving camp, she worked as a beautician in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during WWII and purchased her own beauty shop when she resettled in …

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av Midori Kamei Interview (ddr-densho-400-11)

Midori Kamei was born on July 21, 1923, in Redondo Beach, California. She grew up in North Torrance where her parents farmed. Kamei was imprisoned briefly with her family at the Santa Anita Race Track in California and at the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Kamei left Heart Mountain to attend college in Colorado. She …

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doc JACL Luncheon Invitation (ddr-densho-280-45)

Invitation from Peter Ohtaki to members of the JACL Convention Public Relations Committee to continue planning the upcoming event. Includes a Congressional Record copy.

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doc Letter to Ben Nakagawa from Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Drew (ddr-densho-510-25)

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av May Minami Interview (ddr-densho-400-16)

May Minami was born on January 26, 1914, in Oxnard, California. She grew up in Gardena, California, where her father was the first person to sell insurance to other Japanese community members. During WWII, her parents were arrested by the FBI and the family was sent to the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas. When she returned …

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Narrator Bob Suzuki

Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 108 (September 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-195)

Selected article titles: "Proclamation by Pratt Lifts Bar"; "Marriage Licenses"; "On the Other Hand"; "Two Japanese Killed and Nisei Solider Wounded in Spectacular Train Wreck"; "Returnees Resolved to Build Quiet Community"; "Fair Employment Given Assurance"; "National JACL Convention"; "Post Admires Russian Method; Says Disloyalists Should be Kicked Out"; "Shigekawa Cleared by Army to Return to San …

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