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Fundraising letter requesting contributions for taking Gordon Hirabayashi's case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. At the time of writing, Hirabayashi was imprisoned in King County, Washington. The Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II were administered by the War Relocation Authority. Camp incarcerees independently wrote and distributed many of their own documents associated with the camp newspapers, camp stores, school publications, and other camp activities. This group of materials contains non-War Relocation Authority documents issued in the incarceration camps or that are related to the incarceration.
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses Geographic communities--Washington Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases World War II--Resistance and dissidence Activism and involvement--Civil liberties Activism and involvement--Civil rights Geographic communities--Washington--Seattle World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases--Gordon Hirabayashi
Place
Seattle, Washington U.S. Federal Prisons--Catalina Federal Honor Camp
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
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