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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

Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 15 (October 12, 1956)

Selected article titles: " Masaoka ill, postpones trip to Japan a week" (p. 1), "55 of 65 Nisei public office seekers win in Hawaii primaries" (p. 1), "Tabulate 141,000 Japanese in U.S.; 85,000 in California" (p. 1), "Temporary farm workers continue to arrive by air" (p. 1), "Fresno-born Nisei interprets …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 25 (December 21, 1956)

Selected article titles: "Ishihara had plenty to say on any subject but himself" (p. 3), "Immigrants and an Incredible Law" (p. 4), "Nisei became aware of prejudice on Dec. 7" (p. 5), "Ken Utsunomiya: a legacy of courage and faith" (p. 6), "Interest of other Asian ancestry groups in United …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 16 (April 20, 1956)

Selected article titles: "Colorado Nisei Named as Top Farmer of Year" (p. 1), "State supreme court backs up Nisei in damage suit against sand-rock firm" (p. 1), "Senate Passes Bill Amending Fulbright Act" (p. 1), "JACL Regional Office Vandalized, Burglarized for Sixth Time" (p. 1), "JACL raps flood of anti-Semitic …
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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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