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av Putting Them Where They Could Do No Harm (ddr-densho-1024-10)

Short film that makes the case for renaming Fletcher Bowron Square in downtown Los Angeles, named after the wartime mayor of Los Angeles who agitated for the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. Eschewing narration, the film uses Bowron's wartime radio addresses (voiced by Maciek Kolodziejeczak) as evidence of his anti-Japanese and pro-exclusion stance, juxtaposed with …

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av Speak Out For Justice (Speaking Out!) (ddr-densho-1024-8)

Short compilation of testimony from the Los Angeles hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians includes excerpts from twenty-eight people covering a range of topics including the arrest and internment of Issei , the travails of being incarcerated, the continuing impact on the incarceration, and calls for monetary reparations. A total of …

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av Truth of the Matter (A Matter of Truth) (ddr-densho-1024-9)

The power of executive orders can be devastating as in the Executive Order 9066 issued during World War II that placed over 110,000 Japanese living in America into concentration camps. Similar to the Executive Order to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. issued early in Trump's first days in office. See this item in the Digital …

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av Six Weddings and a Dress (ddr-densho-1024-7)

Short documentary film centering on Chiyomi Ogawa, a Nisei woman who had been incarcerated in Manzanar , and her wedding dress, which was subsequently used by five other women in the early postwar years. Born as Chiyomi Marumoto in 1924, Ogawa and her family lived in the in fishing community of |Terminal Island , where her …

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vh Paul Nagano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-65)

Sansei male. Born, June 17, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in "Little Tokyo," and the Boyle Heights area. During World War II, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Became ordained as a Baptist minister while incarcerated, ministering to fellow camp inmates and leading ecumenical worship services in camp. Left Poston to attend …

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-65-11)

Leaving camp to attend Bethel Seminary, Minnesota, speaking before Caucasian congregations during the war

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-65-15)

Discussion of doctoral thesis: the need for a strong Japanese American identity within pluralistic society

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-65-6)

Memories of Japanese Americans singing Christian hymns en route to concentration camps

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-65-8)

Christian faith and social justice: dealing with so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and military service

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-65-4)

Japanese churches: blending of Japanese traditions with Christian worship and church life

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-65-12)

Re-establishing Japanese Christian churches on West Coast during the postwar resettlement period

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-65-5)

Baptist churches offer assistance to Japanese during wartime mass removal

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-65-13)

Nisei join Christian churches in large numbers, seeking a support and social group postwar

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-65-10)

Efforts of Caucasian Christian churches to support Japanese Americans in concentration camps

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-65-16)

Impact of incarceration experience: "affirming who we are as a group of people"

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-65-7)

Different denominations meld together as one ecumenical church in Poston concentration camp

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-65-17)

Reflecting on the commonalities between Christianity and Buddhism

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-65-3)

Family's religious background and joining a Japanese Baptist church as a young boy

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-65-2)

Formation and growth of prewar Japanese Christian churches

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-65-1)

Issei immigrants embrace Christianity as part of effort to assimilate into dominant culture

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-65-18)

Council of Pacific-Asian Theology, bringing Eastern religions into the Christian dialogue

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-65-9)

Animosity between "yes-yes" and "no-no" respondents in concentration camp

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vh Paul Nagano Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-65-14)

Role of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple in providing housing and serving the community during the postwar resettlement period

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-65-14/

doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. II No. 10 (July 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-323)

Selected article titles: "Store Profit $5,313 in June. Almost 30% of Net Sales" (p. 1), "All Students Must Answer Quiz" (p. 3), "Hiking Notice!" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-323/

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