Ayami Taniguchi is interviewed by Lucy Kishaba and Rose Fuji as part of the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League Oral History Project. Transcript taken from "Giri: Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League Oral History Project". Summary may differ slightly from media file. Audio file is available in item: ssu_nbea_0342. The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to Incarceration Camp Granada (Amache), Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. The remainder are housed in Special Collections.
World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') Immigration and citizenship Identity and values--Issei World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays Geographic communities--California--Sebastopol Identity and values--Japanese American identity Race and racism--Cross-racial relations Identity and values--Family Identity and values--Children Community activities--Recreational activities--Picnics World War II--Incarceration camps--The journey Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farming
Place
Sebastopol, California Department of Justice Internment Camps--Crystal City Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
Source
Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
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