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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 3 of 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1624)
B-roll of the interior of the Superior Court of San Francisco; footage of Sansei lawyers Dale Minami and Karen Kai listening to evacuation legislation while seated in a courthouse. Original title: 103, II SF CT #3, 8-9-85, SF Court. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1625/
Narrator Dale Minami
Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the …
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Letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami], December 7, 1997 (ddr-csujad-24-193)
A letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami] thanking him for sending a VHS clip for "Michi Day." Chin devotes the bulk of the letter to a proposal for creating a bell, that would be made of pieces of metal from incarceration camps, to celebrate Japanese American redress. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-141-16)
Feeling anger upon reading Korematsu v. U.S. in law school
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-141-31)
Fundraising strategies for the coram nobis effort
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-141-2)
Father's life in Gardena, California: gardening and running a sporting goods store in Little Tokyo
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-141-22)
Establishment of the Bay Area Attorneys for Redress (BAAR)
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-141-28)
Discussion of decision to form three separate legal teams
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-141-4)
Importance of sports in the Gardena, California community
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-141-17)
Teaching Ethnic Studies classes immediately after graduating from law school
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-141-36)
Personal management style, conflicts with other members of the legal team
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-141-34)
Media strategy in the coram nobis effort
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-141-3)
Growing up in the "fairly multicultural" community of Gardena, California
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-141-41)
The day of the hearing: Korematsu's conviction is reversed
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-141-20)
Representing Don Nakanishi in a tenure case against UCLA
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-141-38)
Presenting Fred Korematsu's case in a larger political context: "this is an American story about civil rights"
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-141-23)
Beginnings of the coram nobis effort: contacted by Peter Irons
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-141-10)
Helping with early redress efforts while in law school
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-141-27)
First impressions of Fred Korematsu; Fred's initial concern over the legal team's youth, lack of experience
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-141-15)
Involvement in the push for affirmative action in law school
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-141-30)
Style differences between the Korematsu lawyers and the legal teams in Seattle and Portland
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-141-8)
Not fully understanding the history of the incarceration experience until law school; witnessing an emotional reaction from mother
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Dale Minami Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-141-5)
Looking back on childhood: "I was extremely driven"