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Behind Barbed Wire – Part 2

Read Part 1 >> THE OUTBREAK OF WAR I bid farewellto the faces of my sleeping childrenAs I am taken prisonerInto the cold night rain …

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JASC Partners With Alphawood Gallery on “Then They Came For Me;” Largest JA Incarceration Exhibit Ever in Midwest

On June 29th, 2017, the Alphawood Gallery, in partnership with the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) was glad to announce the opening of their first …

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‘Monumental’ research on Manzanar

Manzanar occupies a special place in my consciousness and conscience. I was first introduced to this eastern California site in 1972 by a California State …

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An Intimate Look at the Life of ‘An American with a Japanese Face’

It is rare that I find myself reviewing a book on a friend of mine authored by still another friend, but that is the case …

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Oregon Plan

During the April 7, 1942 Salt Lake City governors’ meeting, George K. Aiken, executive secretary to Governor Charles Sprague of Oregon, presented the state’s plan …

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

In My Parents’ Words – Issei Voices from Department of Justice Camps

My father was the resident minister of the Seattle Buddhist Church. The construction of the temple on 14th Avenue & Main Street was nearing completion. …

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

My Opposition to the Registration

Background I will begin with a brief background of my life before camp as I feel it has some bearing on my reaction to the loyalty …

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 3 of 3

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 …

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 2 of 3

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 …

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 9 of 9

Read Part 8 >> The government pursued a hard line, determined to challenge the bid of each renunciant who sought restoration of citizenship. In bleak contrast …