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vh Edith Watanabe Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-101-27)

Working for the Seattle School District

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vh Mako Nakagawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-66-33)

Winning redress for the Seattle School District clerks

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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-171-9)

Working as a clerk in the Seattle School District

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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 Mako Nakagawa Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-66-31)

Learning about the wartime experience of the Seattle School District clerks

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vh Mako Nakagawa Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-66-32)

Involvement in the fight for redress for the Seattle School District clerks

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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-170)

Caption on reverse: "Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle JACL Redress Co-Chair, May Daty Namba, Alice Kawanishi, T.J. Vassar, School Board V.P., Ai Takizawa Koshi, Toyo Okuda Cary, Mako Nakagawa, Past Pres. JACL."

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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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vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-171-12)

Resigning from position at the Seattle School District under pressure from parent movement

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XXII, No. 3, March 1985 (ddr-sjacl-1-345)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Article by President Okimoto on Reflecting on our Purpose; Board Meeting summary; donations acknowledgements; Meet the Board; Redress committee donations; status of State redress bills, including monies escrowed by Seattle School District pending a court decision of State Legislature bill authorizing the school district to undertake this action.

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

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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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 3 (July 18, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-28)

Selected article titles: "Coalition to Fight English Initiative" (pp. 1, 6), "LEC Update: Close Encounters of Congressional Kind" (pp. 4-5), and "Nisei Compensated by Seattle School District Contribute to Redress Campaign" (p. 6).

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img Governor signing redress bill for Seattle school clerks (ddr-densho-10-8)

Governor Booth Gardner of Washington State signs a state bill authorizing redress payments to twenty-seven former Nisei employees of the Seattle School District who lost their jobs during World War II due to their Japanese ancestry. (Information on back of the photograph.) The signing took place at the historic Nippon Kan Theatre in Seattle's International District, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XV, No. 5, May 1978 (ddr-sjacl-1-212)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Ron Mamiya heads action against Seattle School District for incident at office with racial slurs; Denise Louie Day Care Center established; Cong. Cunningham attends JACL Educational Briefing on Reparations; Seattle JACL to submit National Resolution calling for boycott of states not ratifying ERA; thoughts on Japan Tour (Eira Nagaoka).

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XV, No. 5, May 1978 (ddr-sjacl-1-267)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Ron Mamiya heads action against Seattle School District for incident at office with racial slurs; Denise Louie Day Care Center established; Cong. Cunningham attends JACL Educational Briefing on Reparations; Seattle JACL to submit National Resolution calling for boycott of states not ratifying ERA; thoughts on Japan Tour (Eira Nagaoka).

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img Signing of resolution seeking redress for Nisei who lost their jobs with the Seattle School District (ddr-densho-10-168)

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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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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 26, No. 8, August 1989 (ddr-sjacl-1-380)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Presidents letter discusses Ft Vancouver monument and meeting with Educational Service District. 30 JACLers were present at a meeting with ESD 121 where Ben Nakagawa presented a list of demands to address ESD lack of affirmative action and hiring practices; Doshi Kai helps Seattle Keiro elderly at Bon Odori; thank you …

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Interview (ddr-densho-1000-98)

Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to …

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Narrator Shigeko Sese Uno

Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to …

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vh George Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-132)

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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