James Y. Sakamoto Papers 1928-1955

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James Y. Sakamoto Papers 1928-1955

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Nisei community leader and newspaper publisher in Seattle who during World War II was incarcerated with his family at Camp Harmony in Washington and the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho.

8.45 cubic ft.; 23 boxes

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University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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Minidoka Relocation Center

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Concentration camp established by U.S. War Relocation Authority near Hunt, Idaho, for internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry. From the description of Records, 1942-1945. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42926264 ...

Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.)

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Japanese American Citizens' League

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Founded in 1930, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. The JACL has 112 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts with over 24,000 members found in 23 states. In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has five regional offices (Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as ...

Sakamoto, James Y., 1903-1955

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Civic leader and newspaper publisher from Seattle, Wash. James Sakamoto was born in Seattle in 1903 and graduated from Franklin High School in 1920. He was the founder and publisher of the Japanese-American Courier, an English-language newspaper in Seattle (1928-1942), which ceased publication when the Japanese population was removed from the city during World War II. He also helped to found the Japanese American Citizens' League in 1930 and served as its second national...