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Traumatic experiences before camp
(1913-2013) Doctor specializing in obstetrics in Southern California

“Everybody went in like sheep”
(1913-2013) Doctor specializing in obstetrics in Southern California

Discrimination for Nisei doctors
(1928–2016) Daughter of an Issei doctor


Being Denied as a Japanese American Lawyer
(b. 1934) The First Japanese American Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.


Discrimination faced in San Francisco (Japanese)
(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

Accepted by Japanese society as I learned more Japanese (Japanese)
(b. 1979) Sansei Nikkei Brazilian who lives in Oizumi-machi in Gunma prefecture. He runs his own design studio.


Being Confused about Racial Identity in Postwar United States
(b. 1932) Nisei American stage, film, and TV actress

Understanding anti black racism in high school
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney

Racial discrimination prepared her in becoming the first transgender trial lawyer
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney
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