Kano, Sachiko (7/24/2018)

Kano, Sachiko (7/24/2018)

Sachiko Kano, a nisei born in Sacramento, CA in 1935, shares childhood memories of FBI raids and pervasive fear in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. She describes her family dressing in their best clothes to report to the Sacramento Assembly Center, and recounts her family's movements between incarceration sites at Tule Lake, Denson/Jerome, and Heart Mountain along with other members of their church group. Sachiko recalls her parents' decision to resettle in Chicago at the urging of some church friends who had already left camp and established themselves in the city. She describes her experiences attending school in a West Side, predominantly Italian American neighborhood before moving to the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side during high school and eventually to Evanston after she married. She reflects upon her life lived in a white world, and wonders if her Japanese heritage might have played a bigger role if her family had been able to stay in Sacramento.

2018-07-24

video

Takada, Anna

Kano, Sachiko

Tule Lake

Denson

Jerome

Heart Mountain

West Side

North Side

Lakeside Church

North Shore Church

Fourth Presbyterian

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