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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-11-13)

Description of the prewar Japanese American Citizens League and Tokie Slocum

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-13/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1002-11-20)

Becoming the editor of the Rocky Shimpo newspaper in 1944, publishing an editorial in support of the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-20/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1002-11-18)

Testifying for the Tolan Committee as an outspoken critic of the JACL, and an opponent of mass removal

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-18/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1002-11-1)

Family background: father was a stowaway at age nineteen on a ship from Japan to the U.S.

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-1/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-11-9)

Memories of working in an Alaska salmon cannery as a teenager

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-9/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-11-2)

Prewar Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-2/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-11-15)

Involvement in a conflict over editor position and internal politics within the New World Daily newspaper

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-15/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-11-3)

Description of father

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-3/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1002-11-7)

Description of siblings in Japan; working as a schoolboy in Pocatello, Idaho

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-7/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-11-11)

Memories of childhood: mother's telling of a ghost story, and a frightening experience

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-11/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-11-5)

Leaving home at an early age

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-5/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1002-11-17)

Publishing a Nisei magazine and working in a flower market when World War II broke out

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-17/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1002-11-14)

Discussion of political views prewar

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-14/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1002-11-19)

Avoiding mass removal by moving to Denver, Colorado

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-19/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1002-11-12)

Becoming involved in a conflict between the New World Daily newspaper and the Japanese American Citizens League

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-12/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1002-11-25)

Experiencing ostracism from the Japanese American community postwar; reflections on life

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-25/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-11-8)

Getting a start in writing through an incident as editor of school newspaper

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-8/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1002-11-16)

Community newspapers

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-16/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1002-11-22)

Arrested and put in jail along with the Heart Mountain resisters

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-22/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-11-6)

Mother's passing

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-6/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, March 16, 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-93)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which Weglyn describes her conversations with James Omura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-93/

av Oral history with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura (ddr-csujad-29-390)

An oral interview with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0960. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2331.2_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-390/

doc Japanese Directory 1931 (ddr-densho-423-340)

Includes portraits of families at home or at businesses, large group photos at community gatherings such a sports events, photos of businesses including shops, factories and farms, and address lists. Listing includes five names at the address of the Starlight Laundry: Choko Nozawa, Takeyoshi Omura; Fusatoshi Sakanai, Takasuke Takeshita, Nobuo Yasaki

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-340/

doc Today we follow, tomorrow we lead (ddr-csujad-55-1911)

Speech given by Paul Ohumra [Omura] at the commencement ceremony for Tri-State High School, Tule Lake, covering the challenges and responsibilities facing Nisei. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1914

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1911/

doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 86 (March 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-172)

Selected article titles: "Coverley Urges Citizens To Register Before Rush" (p. 1), "Registration... Report From 3 Projects Made" (p. 1), "Ward 3 Aliens Will Register Friday" (p. 1), "Wage Scale For Beet Work is Proposed" (p. 1), "Registration... Questions and Answers" (p. 1), "Placement Head Writes: J. Omura Condemns Nisei Expatriation" (p. 2), "Wardens Aim to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-172/

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