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Higher education

Kiyo Maruyama Interview Segment 17

Enrolling at Berkeley and staying in a Japanese American dorm

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Shosuke Sasaki Interview Segment 4

Attending the University of Washington prewar, deciding to major in banking and finance

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 …


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George Azumano Interview Segment 9

Attending college

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Dave Tatsuno Interview Segment 6

Attending University of California Berkeley before World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.
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Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 34

Advocating for the community college system in Hawaii, working to change the attitudes of vocational schools

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Non-incarcerated Japanese Americans

Letter from Ida Otani to Michi Weglyn, April 26, 1997

A letter from Ida Otani to Michi Weglyn about the firing of Japanese American railroad workers during World War II. Otani describes the hardships her family went through after her father was fired by Western Pacific Railroad and the family was forced to vacate their home because it was on …
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[Newspaper clipping titled:] My family's wartime experience

Commentary published in "Nichi Bei times" regarding Otani's reflections on her experience during World War II and her father's experience being fired from his job as a railroad worker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2111
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Letter from Sharon Tanihara to Cheryl, JACL National Headquarters, August 20, 1990

Correspondence from Sharon Tanihara to Cheryl at the Japanese American Citizens League National Headquarters regarding Tanihara's argument about her eligibility for redress payments, a request for names and addresses of JACL officers, and a rough draft of a letter to JACL officers about amendments to the Civil Liberties Act of …
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Letter from Daniel K. Inouye, Senator, to Sharon M. Tanihara, September 21, 1990

Correspondence from Senator Daniel Inouye to Sharon Tanihara regarding the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and Tanihara's eligibility for restitution payments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2165
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Letter from Harry Honda, Senior Editor, Pacific Citizen to Sharon Tanihara, August 17, 1990

Correspondence from Harry Honda to Sharon Tanihara regarding a meeting with Robert Bratt of the Office of Redress Administration. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2164
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