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vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part I (ddr-csujad-29-59)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 12 (March 20, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-12)

Selected article titles: "Eisenhower signs Statehood bill without fanfare" (p. 1), "Uncle Sam's 50th star now in view. JACL jubilant over Hawaiian statehood and recognition of its citizens" (p. 1), "Japanese American Democratic Club drops racial designation, reaction is mixed" (p. 3), "Chapter eliminates racial restriction in own high school scholarship program" (p. 4), "Civil rights …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 9 (March 2, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-9)

Selected article titles: "Lane-Hillings evacuation claims bill slated for Mar. 5 consent calendar" (p. 1), "Newsweek Backs Nisei Loyalty, Regrets Letter" (p. 1), "Self-sacrifice of Marysville JACLers during flood emergency lauded as finest page in JACL history written by a chapter" (p. 2), "Hollywood CL aids Shonien with $104" (p. 3), "Cincinnati Mayor Charles Taft to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 4 (July 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-30)

Selected article titles: "Sharon Nishimi of Sacramento crowned 'Miss Nat'l JACL- '56'" (p. 1), "Newly Qualified Internee Claims to be Processed First by Gov't" (p. 1), "Racial Bias of Realty Board Subject in Damage Test Cases" (p. 1), "Inequalities of Canada Citizenship Cited by Negro Group Leader" (p. 3), "NW-WNDC delegates to recommend new award for …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 25 (June 21, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-25)

Selected article titles: "Noguchi confirmed as county coroner" (p. 1), "California measure may shut door on Nisei apprentices" (p. 1), "JACL committing hara kiri without civil rights stress" (p. 1), "Matsunaga fears heroic episodes of 442nd may be forgotten soon by public" (p. 1), "Nisei of Biennium candidates revealed" (p. 1), "M. Masaoka due recognition for …

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vh John Kanda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-116)

Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 1, (July 3, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-26)

Selected article titles: "Nat'l JACL stands on international affairs previewed, backed by EDC" (p. 1), "L.A. groups ask board to save Japanese class at high school" (p. 1), "Life of evacuees, administrators at Poston recalled by Harvard professor" (p. 1), "The name: Yellow Brotherhood" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 24, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-30)

Selected article titles: "U.C. regents clear campus of fraternity bias" (p. 1), "Idaho Nisei regains U.S. citizenship as private bill signed" (p. 1), "JACL support of returning vested property told in detail" (p. 1), "Father LaFarge takes issue with stand of Eisenhower on civil rights legislation" (p. 1), "Saibara Family credited by American rice industry for …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 20 (May 18, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-20)

Selected article titles: "Anti-Semitic letters signed by 'Niseis for Kawakita Society' rapped by JACL, misunderstanding among Nisei and Jews feared" (p. 1), "Nisei geologists to go on goodwill tour of Brazil for rare earth element study" (p. 1), "JACL to honor nation's wa dead May 30, lay wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier" (p. 1), "Six …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 21 (November 20, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-46)

Selected article titles: 'Asian Americans not as college conscious today" (p. 1), "Nisei in Canadian Elks honored" (p. 1), "Racial identity not hindrance, panel of Japanese American politicos hold" (p. 1), "Japan Army general who commanded troops at Kiska saved 20,000 Jews" (p. 3), "New S.F. Bay Area community JACL being formed, will stress action" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 9 (March 3, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-9)

Selected article titles: "Wapato Sansei denied entry in Sigma Chi Frat: Nine Whitman College Students Quit, Protest Racial Discrimination" (p. 1), "Anthropological arguments used in JACL anti-miscegenation brief" (p. 1), "Once folksy Honolulu neighborhood now scared after three acts of violence" (p. 2), "Contra Costa youth trade views with Nisei parents" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 8 (February 20, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-8)

Selected article titles: "Statehood foes go racist, JACL reacts in fighting mood" (p. 1), "Washington anti-bias code changes sought" (p. 1), "Washington referendum for alien land law approved" (p. 1), "IDC to seek repeal of Idaho nuptial law bias" (p. 1), "Housing discrimination" (p. 1), "Idaho's Law Against Mixed Marriages" (p. 2), "Fact and fiction about …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 21 (May 26, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-22)

Selected article titles: "Calif. voter literacy test seen as unconstitutional" (p. 1), "JACL officials join rally to defeat anti-housing bill" (p. 1), "One-day UCLA seminar to probe 1942 evacuation of Japanese" (p. 1), "NORC interviewers compiling Nisei historical data" (p. 1), "Episodes of Evacuation: Too Grateful to Be Bitter" (p. 1), "Jobs denied alien may be …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 23 (December 8, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-50)

Selected article titles: "Anti-Alien Ban in Public Jobs Invalid: Santa Barbara Judge Upsets 52-Year-Old Law" (p. 1), "'What Now--JACL?' Challenge Beckons All-Out Effort to Help Disadvantaged" (p. 1), "Mexican American Study Project: Unintentional discrimination affects hiring of manual labor" (p. 3), "UCLA ethnic tally announced" (p. 3), "Issei emphasis on education pays off for Nisei: Shimasaki" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 26 (December 25, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-52)

Selected article titles: "14 Nisei and the Marauders" (p. 3), "Business of Rescuing Drowning Suicides" (p. 7), "Hawaii: Bridge to Asia" (p. 13), "Service is Basic Reason for JACL Existence" (p. 20), "Chapter feels its diversified program has 1960-70 appeal" (p. 22), "Paul Horiuchi: Before success was limned in his paint brushes" (p. 37), "Making community …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 22 (May 30, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-22)

Selected article titles: "Heavy agenda to face Nat'l Board; San Mateo JACL succeeds fighting housing bias against dentist" (p. 1), "Unruh civil rights bill passes assembly" (p. 1), "Cal. Senate comm. Oks anti-bias housing measure" (p. 2), "Colorado newsman recalls own paper's support of evacuees after Pearl Harbor" (p. 2), "Use of vested property to pay …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 17 (April 26, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-17)

Selected article titles: "TV writer aims gripe at JACL mass protest" (p. 1), "Grateful Chicago Japanese Americans see first of 150 gift trees planted" (p. 1), "UH students air feelings about draft, riots in mainland and war in Vietnam" (p. 1), "Idaho governor lauds Nisei Idahoans as efficient, excellent farmers" (p. 1), "The race problem" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 17 (October 27, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-44)

Selected article titles: "American florists styles wow floral designers in Japan" (p. 1), "Nisei claims dad's discharge by railroad during WW2 illegal, seeks compensation" (p. 1), "Miki tells tour leaders to speak Japanese to understand heritage" (p. 1), "JACLers Briefed by Ambassador" (p. 1), "'Rights and Responsibilities' entwined in good citizenship" (p. 2), "Horatio Alger attitude …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 22 (May 31, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-22)

Selected article titles: "Equal housing opportunities in Washington state boosted" (p. 1), "Fr. Tibesar recalls JACL meeting day after Pearl Harbor incident" (p. 1), "TV writer still complains of JACL protest. Admits no Nisei has sold American secrets to Japan in wartime" (p. 1), "Cultural pluralism fits America than melting pot idea" (p. 1), "Inouye warns …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 22 (December 1, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-49)

Selected article titles: "More Liberal Citizenship Bill Reported" (p. 1), "Oriental ban on marriage with American Samoans not against them, but to stop their ship-jumping" (p. 1), "MDC Governor Tanaka stresses human rights role within JACL" (p. 1), "The Racial Question and the Japanese" (p. 1), "Segregation in America still realtor's dream" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 10 (September 6, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-36)

Selected article titles: "JACL to campaign repeal of detention camp clause" (p. 1), "Dan Inouye's parents at Coyne St. home watch son deliver keynoter" (p. 1), "Civil rights dialogue at confab drafts 12-pt. consensus for JACL" (p. 1), "Parallels of Nisei aned Negro Heritage" (p. 4), "43% in Britain feel Japan not 'reliable' nation" (p. 4), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 26 (June 30, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-27)

Selected article titles: "Political attitudes of Northwest Japanese Americans under study" (p. 1), "52 prep scholars bid for JACL awards" (p. 1), "Influence of Nichiren and Sokagakkai in modern Japan topic of research" (p. 1), "Housing law referendum bugs Washingtonians" (p. 4), "Fair housing bill in Illinois appears dead for this session" (p. 4), "Some Fresh …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 11 (September 13, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-37)

Selected article titles: "Tutorial program natural for Sansei" (p. 1), "Monterey Park Nisei threatened over telephone" (p. 1), "Polish, Italian groups to fight defamation on TV" (p. 1), "Floor view of Republican convention excites Nisei" (p. 1), "How the Japanese Americans were treated in Arizona in mid-'30s and WW2 recalled after woman's question" (p. 1), "Sansei …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 10 (September 4, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-35)

Selected article titles: "Berkeley police push hunt for Sansei killer" (p. 1), "No literacy test for Issei voters in California now" (p. 1), "Asian actors picket show" (p. 1), "Coroner's jury rules in death of Miss Okubo" (p. 1), "Social service agency executives hear Asian community leaders air problems" (p. 1), "Ethnic studies program initiated at …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 18 (November 1, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-44)

Selected article titles: "Japan decorates Kido, Dr. Yatabe at Meiji fete" (p. 1), "LeMay's say on A-bomb dismays Hiroshima mayor" (p. 1), "Blaisdell undisturbed by primaries in bid to unseat Spark or Patsy" (p. 1), "JACL protests with Chicago groups on police backlash" (p. 1), "Nisei translator corps of WW2 rated as 'best secret of the …

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