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doc Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-116)

Requirements for admission of Japanese students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-116/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Claude Canaday (ddr-densho-468-225)

Invitation to run for office on Nebraskans for Norman Thomas ticket

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-225/

doc Lincoln Star: "Muny Pool Policy On Negroes Hit" (ddr-densho-468-198)

Newspaper article describing efforts by Ishikawa (misidentified as Filipino) et al to desegregate Lincoln, NE, municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-198/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Hank (ddr-densho-468-208)

Letter describing unsuccessful attempt to add Norman Thomas to Nebraskan ballot. Request for updates from California. Also includes a name to add to Hank's mailing list. Handwritten comment on author's "prairie fever."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-208/

doc Letter from Lloyd Marti to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-199)

Letter of confirmation that Mayor Marti received Ishikawa's letter regarding the integration of the municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-199/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Offers No Comment Regarding Big Six Race Controversy" (ddr-densho-468-183)

Article regarding integration of Big Six athletics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-183/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Frank Marsh (ddr-densho-468-201)

Thank you for service to Nebraskans for Norman Thomas

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-201/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Willis Hanson (ddr-densho-468-128)

Two drafts of letter to Willis Hanson, the leave officer at Granada, explaining Ishikawa's leave for the University of Nebraska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-128/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to James Lawrence (ddr-densho-468-206)

Thank you on behalf of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas for news coverage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-206/

doc Press Releases for Nebraskans for Norman Thomas (ddr-densho-468-222)

Five press releases notifying media of upcoming convention of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas and attempts to form new political party in Nebraska. Various dates, August 1948

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-222/

doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-158/

doc Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)

Description of attempt for a mixed race group to access municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-192/

doc Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-117)

Letter noting that transcript from UCLA lists honorable dismissal, not bachelor's degree.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-117/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill (ddr-densho-468-210)

Draft of letter explaining poor turnout at Nebraska Socialist Party convention meeting with updates on fundraising and promising recruits.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-210/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Harry Fleischman (ddr-densho-468-207)

Update on attempts to add Norman Thomas to ballot in Nebraska with request for assistance.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-207/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Expresses Views on Racial Dispute in Open Letter" (ddr-densho-468-184)

Article responding to open letter in Daily Nebraskan article from April 23, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-184/

doc Daily Nebraskan: "Students Criticize Thompson's Letter" (ddr-densho-468-185)

Article responding to Dean Thompson's letter on April 25, 1946. Ishikawa's response notes that, while legislation cannot eradicate prejudice, it can prevent the manifestations of prejudice.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-185/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Marguerite Davis (ddr-densho-468-204)

Thank you on behalf of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas for news coverage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-204/

doc Interview with Zora Tennant and Jimmy Lewis (ddr-densho-468-190)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-190/

doc Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool, including discussion of a legal challenge. Second note describes Kyle's follow-up on July 22, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-191/