Northern California Committee on Fair Play for Citizens and Aliens of Japanese Ancestry (October 6, 1941)
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Northern California Committee on Fair Play for Citizens and Aliens of Japanese Ancestry: author Olson, Culbert L. (Culbert Levy), 1876-1962 Barrows, David P., 1873-1954
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Statement from Northern California Committee on Fair Play for Citizens and Aliens of Japanese Ancestry. The committee was chaired by General David P. Barrows and Governor Culbert L. Olson (honorary chairman). The statement concludes: "We therefore confidently appeal to all patriotic fellow-Californians to foster in their own communities a popular attitude which will assure security, personal dignity, and livelihood to all resident Japanese, citizens and aliens alike." Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
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text
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Press releases; Periodicals 3 pages, 14 x 8.5 inches application/pdf
Geographic communities--California Immigration and citizenship--Anti-immigration sentiment Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Military service
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