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In front of Japanese American Citizens League building (ddr-densho-10-230)
Caption on reverse: "L-R: Dean Hayasaka, Visual Communications camerman, John Esaki, Visual Communications producer/director, Shosuke Sasaki, Seattle redress pioneer, Mike Nakata, Seattle redress pioneer, Chuck Kato, Seattle redress pioneer, Cherry Kinoshita, JACL Redress Video Project Chair, Henry Miyatake, Seattle redress pioneer, Ken Nakano, Seattle redress pioneer. In front of building in which JACL was first organized …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 91, No. 2102 (August 1-8, 1980) (ddr-pc-52-28)
Selected article titles: "Carter sent commission redress bill" (p. 1 and 2), "An Assumption Among Us Asians" (p. 4), "Visual Communications: The New Image-Makers" (p. 6 and 7).
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In front of the Puyallup Assembly Center memorial (ddr-densho-10-229)
Caption on reverse: "L-R: Henry Miyatake, pioneer, Seattle redress activist, Cherry Kinoshita, JACL Redress Video Project Chair, John Esaki, producer/director, Visual Communications, in front of George Tsutakawa Puyallup monument at Puyallup faigrounds."
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Redress!: the American promise (ddr-csujad-1-204)
A booklet records the history of Japanese and Japanese-Americans who faced anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_04_07_001
Narrator Robert A. Nakamura
Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along …
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Robert A. Nakamura Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1003-4-24)
Forming Visual Communications
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Thomas Hale Hamilton and O. Vincent Esposito and University of Hawai'i communications heads (ddr-njpa-2-370)
Caption on reverse: "A progress report on operations of the re-organized communications center at the University of Hawaii was presented last week to UH President Thomas Hale Hamilton (left) and Senator O. Vincent Esposito (center). The activities report on audio-visual services, graphics, radio, open and closed circuit TV instruction was given by department heads and Dr. …
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Robert A. Nakamura Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1003-4-26)
The work of Visual Communications
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Robert A. Nakamura Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1003-4-23)
Studying film and establishing Visual Communications
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 26 (December 24-31, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-51)
Special holiday issue. Selected article titles: "Preserving Our Japanese American History: Visual Communications' Photographic Archives" (pp. 14-15), "'Offensive Stupidity' and the Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke" (pp. 31, 43, 68, 70, 76-77), "1982: The Year in Review" (pp. 52-63, 69, 78-79), and "After the Rescue of the 'Lost Battalion': 'Gothic Line' Breakthrough by 100/442 Spells End to …
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Robert A. Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1003-4)
Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along …
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Redress: An Oral History of the Office of Redress Administration (ddr-densho-1020-13)
In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, a historic piece of legislation that sought, for the first time, to provide a measure of justice to Japanese Americans nearly 40 years after their incarceration during World War II. The Japanese American Redress program that resulted is a little-known success story of …