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Julie Wernick and Janelle Flores are yonsei sisters via their maternal grandfather. Their great-grandfather, Kiyoshi Shimizu, initially settled in Portland, Oregon, where Julie and Janelle’s grandfather and his siblings were born and raised. During…

Alexander Ozawa is a mixed-race Japanese American born and raised in Chicago's Northwest suburbs. His family’s history during World War II includes incarceration at Manzanar, Tule Lake, and Fort Sill. Post-incarceration, while making their way back…

A nisei born in Los Angeles in 1935, Masao Yamaji was six years old when he, his parents, and three siblings were incarcerated at the Santa Anita racetrack and later sent by train to Rohwer, Arkansas. Too young to recall much from his pre-war life,…

Mary Samson, a sansei born in Chicago in 1955, discusses the impact of incarceration on her parents, grandparents, and other family members and shares about her own experiences growing up in Chicago and participating in the Redress Movement. She…

Produced in 1975 as part of the Issei Gerontology Project, this film traces the journey of first generation Japanese immigrants from the West Coast to the incarceration camps to eventual resettlement in Chicago. Compiled from interviews with eleven…

Produced in 1975 as part of the Issei Gerontology Project, this film showcases the social support services provided by the Japanese American Service Committee to the aging Issei population in Chicago. It features scenes of clients receiving home…

Produced in 1975 as part of the Issei Gerontology Project, this film captures the attitudes of Nisei (second generation) and Sansei (third generation) Japanese Americans toward the aging Issei (first generation) population.

Kathy (Nakamoto) Biala, a Sansei born in Chicago, speaks about the tight-knit community of Sansei professionals who were involved in redress efforts for the Chicago JACL and describes her efforts to convince her uncle Hiro (Hiroshi) Kadokura to…

Wade Kojima, a Sansei with roots in Hawaii, describes his involvement in the JACL's redress efforts in Minnesota and Ohio. First via involvement with a Japanese American youth organization, and later as a board member of the Twin Cities JACL Chapter…

Chizu Omori, a Nisei born in the San Diego area and incarcerated at Poston during World War II, describes becoming politically active at UC Berkeley in the 1950s, participating in the Civil Rights Movement, and supporting the Japanese American…