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• In Their Own Words: Densho and Japanese Americans making oral history, on Shelf Talk, the Library's blog.

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  This list accompanies a post on Shelf Talk, the Library's blog, discussing our event on Saturday, July 23, at 1 p.m. featuring a conversation with Densho’s executive director Tom Ikeda, Michael Shiosaki of Seattle Parks and Recreation, and author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daniel James Brown, Tom Ikeda And Michael Shiosaki Discuss “Facing The Mountain”

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  Join us on Saturday, July 23, 2022, from 1 – 2 p.m., to hear Daniel James Brown, Tom Ikeda & Michael Shiosaki talk about the inspirational stories of four Japanese American patriots. Registration is required for this event.

• We Hereby Refuse

  Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

  Abe, Frank

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  Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. (Publisher)

• Enduring Conviction

  Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice

  Bannai, Lorraine K.

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  Fred Korematsu's decision to resist F.D.R.'s Executive Order 9066, which provided authority for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was initially the case of a young man following his heart: he wanted to remain in California…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Days of Infamy

  How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment

  Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-

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  Constitutional law scholar Lawrence Goldstone will take young readers through the key events of the 19th and 20th centuries leading up to the fundamental injustice of Japanese American internment. Tracing the history of Japanese immigration to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Principled Stand

  the Story of Hirabayashi V. United States

  Hirabayashi, Gordon K.

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  This engaging memoir combines Gordon's accounts with family photographs and archival documents as it takes readers through the series of imprisonments and court battles Gordon endured. Details such as Gordon's profound religious faith, his roots in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Betrayal

  the Memoir of a World War II Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience

  Kuromiya, Yosh

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  A memoir by a Nisei member of the Fair Play Committee that was organized at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Authority camp. A book-length, insider's perspective, account by a Nisei World War II draft resister. A rare acknowledgment of dissension…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fighting for America

  Nisei Soldiers

  Matsuda, Lawrence Y.

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  This graphic novel tells the story of six brave and courageous Nisei soldiers from the Pacific Northwest who proved their loyalty and made a significant mark in American history... Their stories are based on real and actual events, which were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Sword to Bury

  Japanese Americans in Hawai'i During World War II

  Odo, Franklin

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  When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and immediately called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. At the heart of the book are vivid oral…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Eagles of Heart Mountain

  a True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America

  Pearson, Bradford

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  A painstakingly researched account details the tragic and triumphant story of the Eagles, a high school football team from Cody, Wyoming's World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp. (Publisher)

• Midnight in Broad Daylight

  a Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

  Sakamoto, Pamela Rotner, 1962-

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  Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II--an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nisei Daughter

  Sone, Monica Itoi, 1919-2011

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  With charm, humor, and deep understanding, Monica Sone tells what it was like to grow up Japanese American on Seattle's waterfront in the 1930s and to be subjected to "relocation" during World War II. Along with over one hundred thousand other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence

  Coming Home to Hood River

  Tamura, Linda, 1949-

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  Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community, endurance, and reparation. It shares the experiences of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, fighting on the front lines in Italy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redress

  the Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations

  Tateishi, John, 1939-

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  This is the unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Beyond the backroom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Sutra

  a Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War

  Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969-

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  The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rising Sons

  the Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II

  Yenne, Bill, 1949-

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  Despite the fact that they and their families had been forced into internment camps, thousands of the American sons of Japanese immigrants responded by volunteering to serve in the United States armed forces during World War II. As military…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Justice for All

  An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps

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  At the outbreak of World War II, more than 115,000 Japanese American civilians living on the West Coast of the United States were rounded up and sent to desolate relocation camps, where most spent the duration of the war. In this poignant and bitter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Densho Oral History Project

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  Watch filmed interviews with Japanese Americans and others about WWII incarceration and beyond. The Densho Digital Repository includes more than 900 oral histories, all of which are fully transcribed and segmented for ease of viewing. (Description…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Campu: A Podcast

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  Campu tells the story of Japanese American incarceration like you’ve never heard it before. Follow along as brother-sister duo Noah and Hana Maruyama weave together the voices of survivors to spin narratives out of the seemingly mundane things that…Read moreRead more of this annotation