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  • Group of elderly Japanese citizens sitting down while holding envelopes.

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    Recipients of redress checks

    Issei women receiving redress checks and formal apologies from the government acknowledging that it was wrong to have incarcerated them and 120,000 other Japanese Americans during World War II.

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    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • A video about the 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

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    Giving Testimony

    Hear 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, highlighting injustices faced by Japanese Americans during WWII.

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    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • The Mochida family stands for a photo while waiting for the evacuation bus. Each member has a tag around their neck, and at their feet are three bags marked "Mochida."

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    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

    Stan Yogi

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  • Young Kimiko Kitagaki waits in Oakland for a bus to transport her to a government camp, with tags with her name and government-assigned family number attached to her suitcase.

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    Module 1: Overview & Introduction

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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    Module 2: Setting the Stage for Japanese American Mass Incarceration

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • The Mochida family stands for a photo while waiting for the evacuation bus. Each member has a tag around their neck, and at their feet are three bags marked "Mochida."

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    Module 3: Forced Uprooting and Incarceration

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Several officers crowd around as an officer grabs an inmate in the Tule Lake jail. The inmates clothes are ripped.

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    Module 4: Cooperation, Resistance, and Dissent

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Nagaishi family standing in front of their garage that is vandalized with the words "No Japs Wanted." The father is holding a young boy in his arms while standing next to his wife and young daughter.

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    Module 5: Starting Over

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • A group of activists from the Van Troi Youth Brigade march during a demonstration.

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    Module 6: Redress and Solidarity

    Stan Yogi

    Chapter:

    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Family portrait of the Tape family in 1884. Joseph and Mary are sitting on chairs while Joseph has Emily on his lap. Mamie and Frank are sitting between them. Label at the bottom reads 'Brown, 606 Kearny Street, San Francisco.'

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights

    Mae Ngai

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  • Family portrait of the Tape family in 1884. Joseph and Mary are sitting on chairs while Joseph has Emily on his lap. Mamie and Frank are sitting between them. Label at the bottom reads 'Brown, 606 Kearny Street, San Francisco.'

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    Module 1: That Chinese Girl

    Mae Ngai

    Chapter:

    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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