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img Romi Yamada headshot (ddr-densho-367-308)

Written on back: Dear Mary, Hope to keep this wonderful friendship Tsumademo! / Romi Yamada (Suzie Wong). Attached cardboard backing: Romi Yamada as Suzie Wong in Company No. 2

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vh Hatsuko Mary Higuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-456)

Nisei female. Born January 31, 1939, in Los Angeles County, California. At a young age, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, with family. After leaving camp, returned to family's farm in Lawndale, California. Father passed away early, leaving her mother to run the farm. Hatsuko Mary became a teacher, establishing an education career in Torrance, …

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview (ddr-densho-1000-504)

Born December 8, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born to a father from Japan and mother from the Austria-Hungary region. Grew up in Pennsylvania during World War II, where family was monitored by the FBI. Attended Pembroke College and then worked for the federal government's Department of Education, then as an administrator in the education field. Volunteered …

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img Inaugural opening of Elk Grove Japanese School (ddr-csujad-55-1588)

Sepia-toned photograph of a group of students and adults at the inaugural opening of the Elk Grove Japanese language school. Photograph includes identification of some individuals. From left to right, Yamada, Hatsutaro Ishigaki, Kanjiro Omae, George Haruto Omae, Harry Kaname Omae, Frank Yamada, George Shigeru Matsumoto, Shigeo Sakamoto, Makishima, Robert Masaru Matsumoto, Tsunematsu Sugimoto, Elwood Norio …

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-504-2)

Description of parents: father from Japan, mother from Austria-Hungary

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-504-20)

Meeting people through Servas

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-504-11)

Monitoring of father by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-504-12)

Being treated differently when out with Japanese father

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-504-13)

Mother's role helping others during the war

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-504-14)

Experiences with racism and other people of color

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-504-25)

Memories of trials for California's Proposition 215

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-504-7)

Mother's experience as a white woman in Japan

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-504-17)

Working for the Department of Education

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-504-8)

Parents leaving Japan

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-504-18)

Working to desegregate schools

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-504-27)

Reflections: parents' values, community work

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-504-3)

Father's immigration story

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-504-6)

Parents' meeting while participating in civil rights demonstrations

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-504-9)

Parents returning to the United States and having children

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-504-23)

Father's community activities and relationship building

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-504-22)

Feeling a lack of kinship with Japanese Americans as a biracial person

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-504-16)

Working on behalf of women and people of color

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-504-4)

Mother's family background

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-504-10)

Childhood memories: parents' resourcefulness

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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-504-24)

Description of brother: champion of medical marijuana

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