Falando alto! Democracia, Justiça, Dignidade
Para o 25º aniversário da legislação de reparação nipo-americana, o Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano apresentou sua quarta conferência nacional “Speaking Up! Democracia, Justiça, Dignidade” em Seattle, Washington, de 4 a 7 de julho de 2013. Esta conferência trouxe novos insights, análises acadêmicas e perspectivas comunitárias sobre as questões de democracia, justiça e dignidade.
Esses artigos resultam da conferência e detalham as experiências nipo-americanas de diferentes perspectivas.
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Stories from this series
One for the History Books: Aleut-American Experience in WWII
26 de Junho de 2013 • Marla Williams
“I just want it to go in the history books.” —Mary Bourdukofsky, Aleut American internee The reach of empathy is determined in part, I believe, by the sharing of memories. As much as our individual natures and experiences, inherited perceptions of the world around us shape our responses to both historical and contemporary events. Who we were influences who we are—and how well …
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 3 of 3
24 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
Read Part 2 >> Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group 147 Until recently Selective Service draft registration records from World War I and II were stored at field offices of the National Archives. The draft records have been moved to a single, central location at the National Archives at St. Louis and can be accessed there. Draft registration cards typically include address, date and place of birth, employment, citizenship, date of registration, and descriptive information. Using Gordon Hirabayashi again as …
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 2 of 3
22 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
Read Part 1 >> Records of the United States District Courts, Record Group 21 NARA field facilities hold federal district and bankruptcy court case files heard in the courts in their geographic area. Some may also hold cases from a federal Circuit Court of Appeals if an appeals court exists nearby. The case files typically include all of the filings in the case, but frequently not the exhibits or transcripts. Exhibits are often returned to the person submitting them or are destroyed. …
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 1 of 3
20 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as the nation’s “record-keeper” is responsible for preserving and making available permanent historic records created by federal agencies, offices, committees, and courts. Included are federal records created during and after the forced mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans living along the west coast of the United States during World War II. These records may be found in many of the NARA facilities nationwide. Copies of some of the records can also be …
A Trip to Cedarville
17 de Junho de 2013 • Hiroshi Kashiwagi
It was near the closing of camp, when restrictions were being relaxed a bit, that I heard from our neighbor George about Mr. Crane, the Camp Reports Officer, taking a small group to entertain some high school students at Cedarville. Cedarville is in Modoc County, about 120 miles from Tule Lake. George and a few of his musician friends were going and he asked me if I would be interested in joining them. My first thought was “I don’t sing …
Lessons From the Japanese Canadian Experience - Part 3 of 3
12 de Junho de 2013 • Maryka Omatsu
Read Part 2 >> LESSONS FROM THE JAPANESE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE Amateur volunteers working on a shoestring, we Japanese Canadian activists were armed with resolve and blessed with lucky timing. Post redress, other communities and struggles have examined the Japanese Canadian Redress victory to learn from our mistakes and successes. Of course, our experience is not necessarily transferable to other issues or locales.1 1. Determination Famed 16th century Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote, “Combat makes apparent something that already exists. A battle is …