- Title:
- Tacomas Nihon Go Gakko, Japanese Language School
- Date Created:
- 1993
- Description:
- Sisters Tadaye "Teddy" Kawasaki, Yoshiko Sugiyama, Kimi Tanbara, and friend Sadako Hirose recall their school years at Tacomas Nihon Go Gakko (Japanese Language School) and describe life within the citys Japanese-American community during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. They provide an extensive history of the school building, including its designation as a registration center following Executive Order 9066 and its use as a hostel for Japanese-Americans returning home from internment camps.
- Subjects:
- Kawasaki, Tadaye Fujimoto--Interviews Sugiyama, Yoshiko Fujimoto--Interviews Tanbara, Kimi Fujimoto--Interviews Hirose, Sadako--Interviews Nihongo Gakko (Tacoma, Wash.) Language schools--Washington (State)--Tacoma School buildings--Washington (State)--Tacoma Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Personal narratives Tacoma (Wash.)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century Tacoma (Wash.)--Race relations
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1993-08
- Type:
- image
- Format:
- cpd
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- http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en