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Mike Masaoka Oral History - Tape 3
No full textMike Masaoka discusses the Japanese American Citizens League\u27s (JACL) leadership during the evacuation of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor. He emphasizes the community\u27s initial optimism, believing evacuation was temporary and for their protection. However, the lack of support from churches and civil liberties groups, and the government\u27s failure to communicate the severity of the situation, led to widespread fear and confusion. Masaoka recounts efforts to prove loyalty, including buying war bonds and volunteering for combat duty, which were largely ignored by the media. The JACL\u27s attempts to document their actions were thwarted by the House Un-American Activities Committee
Mike Masaoka Oral History - Tape 6
No full textThe interview with Mike Masaoka details the formation and experiences of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese American unit activated in February 1943. Masaoka recounts the initial challenges, including racial discrimination and the high casualty rates (309%) they faced. He highlights the unit\u27s significant contributions, such as rescuing the Lost Battalion in France and their role in the liberation of Rome. Masaoka emphasizes the unit\u27s impact on Japanese American civil rights, leading to the repeal of the Exclusion Act and improved post-war opportunities. He also discusses the lack of recognition, particularly the absence of a Medal of Honor, despite their exceptional service
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Dr. Mike Davison – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Mike Davison, Professor of Music, discusses his documentary film, Cuba: Rhythm in Motion. This dynamic film captures the joy of making music in Cuba, an island that Dr. Davison has visited numerous times with his students. The contrasting yet intertwined histories of Cuban and American music are traced and illustrated with extensive performance footage. A DVD of Cuba: Rhythm in Motion is available in Parsons Music Library
G20 2014: perspectives from business, civil society, labour, think tanks and youth
No full textThis paper brings together policy contributions from a wide cross-section of society interested in feeding into the G20 process.
Summary
G20 engagement partners from Business (B20), Civil Society (C20), Labour (L20), Think Tanks (T20) and Youth (Y20) have each provided a contribution for this issue of the Monitor. Each address how the groups are organising their contribution to the G20 process in 2014, their priorities for the G20, and thoughts on what would constitute ‘success’ in terms of possible outcomes from the Brisbane Summit. The Australian G20 Sherpa, Heather Smith, has provided an opening comment.
Key points
One characteristic that all engagement partners share is their recognition of the importance of strengthening the G20.
Through their engagement with the G20 presidency, the G20 engagement partners have an important role to play in communicating the G20’s work to the wider public for greater understanding.
The engagement partners can use their networks to help convey what the G20 is doing, and why the involvement of the non-government sector is important
Texas in the Civil War: Comfort's Monument Story
No full textBook containing information about the Civil War in Texas, including the story of the Nueces Massacre and oral histories from individuals living in Texas during the Civil War. The index begins on page 64
Mike Nichols Oral History
No full textOral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history interview with Mike Nichols conducted by Diana Brown at the Latte Land coffee shop in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 6, 2014. Mike is the author of The Witches’ Sabbats, taught classes on Paganism for decades, and owned The Magic Lantern occult book shop in Kansas City in the 1980s; this interview discusses those experiences. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of a summer fieldwork internship funded by the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies.Friends of the Department of Religious Studie
Mike Ladd: Invisible mending
No full textAn Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, recorded in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 18 May 2017.Mike Ladd's new collection, Invisible Mending ranges across genres including essay, memoir, short story and poetry. Based loosely on the ideas of scarring and healing, Invisible Mending extends from family intimacies to connection and disconnection in the Australian community, environmental damage and repair. It also has an international view. Parts of it were written at an artist's residency in Malaysia and while travelling through South America
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A telegram from Mike Gonsalez, Legal Advisor to District 5 of the American GI Forum to Dr. Hector P. Garcia regarding an investigation into the violation of Civil Rights of various Mexican Americans in Uvalde, TX.
No full textA telegram from Mike Gonsalez, Legal Advisor to District 5 of the American GI Forum to Dr. Hector P. Garcia regarding an investigation into the violation of Civil Rights of various Mexican Americans in Uvalde, TX
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