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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-171-11)

Aftermath of Pearl Harbor: returning to school, dealing with curfew and other restrictions

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-171-6)

Religion as a child; father's involvement in community activities

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-171-21)

Recreational activities in camp, meeting future husband

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-171-16)

Memories of Puyallup Assembly Center: meeting people from Alaska

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-171-32)

Thoughts on receiving redress money

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-171-30)

Attending the redress hearings, hearing the emotional testimony

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-171-24)

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-171-13)

Volunteering with the JACL to help people prepare for mass removal

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-171-31)

Helping to obtain redress for the Seattle School district clerks

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-171-22)

Leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois; being investigated by the FBI

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-171-33)

Husband's experiences during World War II serving with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion

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Narrator May Y. Namba

Nisei female. Born May 12, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Spent brief time in Japan as a young child, then returned to Seattle. Worked as a clerk in the Seattle School District until the onset of World War II, then was forced to resign under pressure from parent groups. Removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, …

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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-169)

Caption on reverse: "Seattle School Dist. school clerks. Front row: L-R: Alice Kawanishi, Mako Nakagawa, past Seattle JACL President, Cherry Kinoshita, Wash. Coalition on Redress Co-Chair. Back row: L-R: Ai (Takizawa) Koshi, T.J. Vassar, Seattle School Bd, May (Daty) Namba, Toyo (Okuda) Cary."

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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-14)

A resolution was passed on April 25, 1984, to seek redress for Nisei who lost their jobs with the Seattle School District during World War II due to their Japanese ancestry. Shown here are former school district employees and supporters of that resolution. Front (top to bottom): Alice Kawanishi; Mako Nakagawa, past president of the JACL; …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 36, No. 12, December 1999 (ddr-sjacl-1-470)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Linda Tanouye heads committee to digitalize all the photos and documents of Seattle JACL back to the 1930?s. Other members, Jill Beppu, Ayako Hurd, and Shea Aoki; May Namba ends as Membership chair after seven years; David Yamaguchi writes farewell President?s column.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 41, No. 11, November 2004 (ddr-sjacl-1-523)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Teacher?s Workshop featuring Mako Nakagawa, Tom Ikeda, Alan Yabui, Karen Yoshitomi, Pramila Jayapal, and a panel of Dr. Frank Kitamoto, Fumiko Hayashida, May Namba, Devon Abdullah, and Amelia Derr; 2005 Installation, January 22, 2005, Seattle Waterfront, $60, Keynote-Peggy Nagae; Board to carol at Nikkei Manor.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 13 (April 2, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-13)

Selected article titles: "Oregon Court Outlaws Alien Land Laws. State's Anti-Japanese Statutes Ruled as Unconstitutional in Decision on Namba Test Case" (p. 1), "Los Angeles May Revive 'Nisei Week'" (p. 2), "Report 2,000 Downtown L.A. Residents Face Early Eviction" (p. 2), "Boards of Trade in Evacuated West Coast Area Approve of Return of Japanese Canadians" (p. …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 2001 (ddr-sjacl-1-489)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Chapter to sell Aki Sogabe Pike Place Market cards; report on Medal of Honor ceremony at Seattle Center; Akemi Matsumoto reports on attending the JACL/OCA Leadership Training in DC; Board Bios-Bill Tashima, Cathy Lowenberg, May Namba; Chapter Newsletters, online at www.JACLSeattle.org; thanks to Page Tanagi for use of the JACL Logo.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 41, No. 8, August 2004 (ddr-sjacl-1-520)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Tom Ikeda, JA of the Biennium, will be awarded at Honolulu National Convention; Chapter social with Lake Washington JACL at Muckleshoot Casino; Chapter at ID Fair; Bill Tashima recounts the story of May Namba personally delivering paper cranes to the Minidoka Pilgrimage in Twin Falls after forgetting to pass them on …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 36, No. 10, October 1999 (ddr-sjacl-1-467)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Planning session to meet for Tokuda?s WA State CLPEF bill; David Yamaguchi devotes President?s column to ?Women of Substance? including Anne Namba, Shigeko Uno, Cherry Kinoshita, Kathryn Bannai, Mako Nakagawa, May Sasaki, Vicki Toyohara-Mukai, Gail Tanaka, Elaine Akagi, Janice Yee, Sharon Sobie-Seymour (NOTE David omitted Joy St, Germain) and Lori Matsukawa.

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img Nisei on stage (ddr-one-1-346)

Black and white photographic negative of four Nisei standing on a stage, two additional Nisei sitting to the side. The four standing Nisei are each holding an object- possibly performing some kind of skit. From left to right: Miriam (Koyama) Kiso, Eugene Hayashi, Rose Namba, Nami (Miura) Koida, Toyse "Toy" Muira, and Ko Tambara. This photograph …

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img Methodist Banquet (ddr-one-1-344)

Black and white photographic negative of guests at a banquet held inside a church. Guest seated along right side of table in foreground from left to right: May (Ebihara) Gelfand, Rose Namba, unidentified, Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko, unidentified, Betty Ishida, and Jayne (Katada) Furukawa. All other guests unidentified. Sign behind the pulpit reads: "Just a Happy Smile: …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-321)

Black and white photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, and Reverend Francis Hayashi, other unidentified. Second row left to right: …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-324)

Black and white photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. Inscription on photograph reads "Northwest methodis Rally Portland Nov. 23-". The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, and …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-74)

Original black and white photographic print of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Inscription on photograph reads "Northwest Methodist Rally Portland Nov. 23-25, 1951". Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig …

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