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Yone Bartholomew Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-4)
Nisei female. Born July 15, 1906, in Bedderavia, California. Was given for adoption by her parents to a couple who could not have children of their own. Grew up on a family farm and was one of the oldest Nisei in the Santa Barbara area of California. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka …
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Fred Hirasuna Interview (ddr-densho-122-29)
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 redress movement as fundraiser and lobbyist for Central California District Council of JACL. Mr. Hirasuna passed away on February …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 6 (February 9, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-6)
Selected article titles: "Fight Against Racial Bias Still a Long Way to Go, Enomoto Says" (p. 1), "Californians polled; 48 pct. still approve Education" (p. 1), "'Cooperative education' urged as role for JACLers" (p. 1), "Huge non-Japanese audience listen to Chicago's Sunday evening Sakura Hr." (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 8 (February 27, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-8)
Selected article titles: "Rules announced for Inagaki chapter prize" (p. 1), "Nisei parents of 22,000 pupils in L.A. schools ponder bussing" (p. 1), "42 Walnut Grove Japanese families of 'Backtown' stick together to buy tract" (p. 1), "'Title II' Campaign: Unanimous expressions cast by Calif. legislature" (p. 1), "9 nat'l Jewish groups for repeal" (p. 1), …
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Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-673)
Original WRA caption: Sakamoto family picture on golden wedding anniversary of Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, both 80, at the Minidoka Relocation Center on December 11, 1943. Married in Japan, they came to the U.S. in 1894. Mr. Sakamoto was an early Seattle hotel proprietor. His son, James Y. Sakamoto, 40, is …
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Frances Kaji Interview (ddr-densho-400-10)
Frances Kaji was born on April 30, 1928, in Gardena, California. She grew up in Gardena as the daughter of pioneer physician Kikuwo Tashiro. She remembers Gardena as it changed from a rural to suburban community. During World War II, her family moved to Fresno to avoid incarceration but was eventually imprisoned at the concentration camp …
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Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1002-2)
Issei male. Born 1912 in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative use of …
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Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview (ddr-densho-122-17)
Kats Kunitsugu is a Nisei female, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.Paul Tsuneishi is a Nisei male. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 25 (December 22-29, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-52)
Selected article titles: "Supreme Court and the Nisei: 'Equal Justice Under Law' nearer reality for Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Individual choice in marriage not a concern for State" (p. 1), "Is Warren's legal philosophy of today a consequence of Evacuation?" (p. 1), "Takao Ozawa Case imbeds Issei to 'ineligible for citizenship' predicament" (p. 1), "'The Bill …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 12 (March 27, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-12)
Selected article titles: "JACL brands Japanese American students smart, affluent a myth" (p. 1), "Asian Americans protest attitude of Area Crusade" (p. 1), "Title II repeal hearings open: Goldberg calls it unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Asians picket Seattle NVC fete at Elks Club. Quiet Demonstration Against 'White Only' Elk Policy, Patronage" (p. 3), "Brazilian Nisei among 5 …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 13 (September 25, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-38)
Selected article titles: "19 Succumb in Issei Operated L.A. Hotel Fire" (p. 1), "'Perfecting' amendments to Title II repeal inserted" (p. 1), "PSWDC backs Issei housing plans" (p. 1), "A slit throat hasn't scared Ranko" (p. 1), "Lack evidence in racial slur charge by five" (p. 2), "Majority disapprove anti-miscegenation law" (p. 2), "Seminar told Evacuation …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 19 (May 15, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-19)
Selected article titles: "What can youth do in community service area?" (p. 1), "Nisei of Biennium list told" (p. 1), "Nonimmigrant status liberalized" (p. 1), "Nation's TV stations alerted to anti-Nisei films" (p. 1), "Abusive epithet cause for damage suit in court" (p. 3).
Narrator Geri Handa
Geri Handa was born in San Jose, California, in 1948, and studied in the early 1970s at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a focus on community organizing and social services for seniors. She joined Asians for Community Actions in San Jose and worked at Keiro Nursing Home in …
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Harold Takashi Kobata Interview (ddr-densho-400-12)
Harold Takashi Kobata was born on April 5, 1926, in Gardena, California. He grew up in Gardena where his uncle, mother and older brothers ran a flower nursery. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, during World War II, where Kobata worked as a gardener while attending high school. After the war the family returned …
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Jim Tsujimura Interview (ddr-one-7-23)
Nisei male. Born February 10, 1931, in Westport, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon for high school and college and went to medical school, eventually becoming a successful opthalmologist. Served in leadership positions with the Japanese American Citizens League …
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John Y. Hayakawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-401)
Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly …
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Nancy Nakata Gohata Interview (ddr-densho-1003-3)
Sansei female. Born October 16, 1940, in Compton, California. As an infant, taken with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the government issued the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for ten years at a farm labor camp on an island outside of …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 8 (August 24, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-34)
Selected article titles: "Sen. Kuchel praises decade of JACL accomplishments in Congress" (p. 1), "Opening Ceremonies program announced; chorals, addresses to be featured" (p. 1), "Issei citizen may win special award" (p. 2), "Over 3,000 assurances for Japanese refugees provided by U.S. citizen" (p. 2), "Nearly 20,000 Issei naturalized American citizens, 14,000 in 1955" (p. 3), …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 13 (April 3, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-13)
Selected article titles: "Friends to establish Masaoka trust fund" (p. 1), "Earl Warren speaks out on Title II" (p. 1), "History of the Japanese in Utah placed in archives of state society" (p. 1), "Reno Nisei candidate in recall petition of three councilmen" (p. 1), "School integration resolution offered" (p. 1), "Court rules on literacy test …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 12 (September 18, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-37)
Selected article titles: "Asian workers charge racial slur in hiring" (p. 1), "Charge job bias at Fisherman's Wharf" (p. 1), "Third World solidarity still a myth, Furutani tells reporter at Atlanta" (p. 1), "Buddhist chanting ruled 'disturbing'" (p. 1), "Title II repeal hearings end" (p. 1), "Oriental picket surprise officials at Shell Oil office" (p. 1), …
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Tetsuo "Ted" Hasegawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-4)
Ted Hasegawa was born on January 16, 1921, in Sacramento, California, and educated in Japan. When he returned to Torrance, California, where his parents farmed, he started kindergarten at the age of 11. After high school, he took automotive classes at a trade school in Los Angeles. Hasegawa witnessed the mass eviction of Japanese residents from …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 20 (November 17, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-47)
Selected article titles: "Anti-Miscegenation Laws Still Prevail: American Samoa Tradition Prohibiting Orientals Marrying Natives Challenged" (p. 1), "South African with Japanese bride unable to bring her home" (p. 1), "Historians Moan Loss of Issei Papers: Documents Needed to Support Research on Japanese in U.S." (p. 1), "JACL Role as Human Rights Organization Stressed at West L.A., …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 14 (October 2, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-39)
Selected article titles: "Anti-defamation resolutions up for House vote, JACL in support" (p. 1), "Monterey youth shot in back after S.F. Chinatown argument" (p. 1), "Special studies on East Coast Japanese set" (p. 1), "House fight seen on Title II repeal bill" (p. 1), "Mainland Nisei organized to help reelection of Hawaii Rep. Matsunaga" (p. 1), …