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Draft resistance

Tule Lake Japanese Charges Dismissed (July 23, 1944)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 23, 1944, p. 11
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Truman Pardons 1,523 Draft-Act Violators. Conshies on List Getting Civil Rights. (December 23, 1947)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 23, 1947, pp. 1, 2
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12 Heart Mountain Japs To Face Draft Charges (March 23, 1944)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 23, 1944, p. 4
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The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 3 (January 8, 1948)

"21 From Seattle Granted Presidential Pardons on Draft-Dodge Charge" (pg. 1), "Judd's Measure Aids Japanese" (pg. 1),
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Civil rights

Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
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Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 17

Meeting future husband and getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement
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Diana Morita Cole Interview Segment 18

Making the decision to move to Canada
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Fair Play Committee

An oral history with Frank S. Emi - Segment 1

An oral interview with Frank S. Emi, civil rights activist and leading figure of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Audio is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0169. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Frank Emi Interview Segment 10

Sending press releases and news bulletins to newspapers outside of camp

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 …


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Frank Emi Interview Segment 11

Fair Play Committee's cause discouraged by the ACLU

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 …


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