@barbaratakei
Barbara Takei is a Sansei writer, researcher, and community historian. Since 2001 her work has focused on the Tule Lake segregation center. She is the co-author of Tule Lake Revisited: A Brief History and Guide to the Tule Lake Concentration Camp Site (2012).
Her mother was imprisoned in Tule Lake and Granada. Her father was drafted into the Army in February 1941, interned as an enemy alien following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and served with the 522nd FAB that liberated Dachau.
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Remembering Roger Daniels
The first book I read about Japanese American history was Roger Daniels’ book, “The Politics of Pre…
Jan. 29, 2023
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Does Terminology Matter?
In recent years, the Nikkei community has engaged in a renewed discussion to reject the euphemistic…
June 3, 2013
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 9 of 9
Read Part 8 >> The government pursued a hard line, determined to challenge the bid of each renuncia…
May 10, 2013
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Daihyo Sha Kai
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
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renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
Wayne Mortimer Collins
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
California
citizenship
civil rights
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
lawyers
no-no boys
renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
Wayne Mortimer Collins
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 8 of 9
Read Part 7 >> Creating Alien Enemies Edward Ennis’ Deputy in the DOJ Alien Enemy Control Unit, Joh…
May 3, 2013
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California
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civil rights
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
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Edward J. Ennis
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
lawyers
no-no boys
renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
Wayne Mortimer Collins
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
California
citizenship
civil rights
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
deportations
Edward J. Ennis
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
lawyers
no-no boys
renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
Wayne Mortimer Collins
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 7 of 9
Read Part 6 >> Why Did They Renounce? After its publication in 1946, The Spoilage remained for many…
April 26, 2013
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California
citizenship
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
enemy aliens
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
noncitizens
no-no boys
persons
renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
California
citizenship
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
enemy aliens
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
noncitizens
no-no boys
persons
renunciation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 6 of 9
Read Part 5 >> Stampede to Renounce Public Law 405, authored by U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddl…
April 19, 2013
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California
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
deportations
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
no-no boys
renunciation
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segregation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
California
concentration camps
Daihyo Sha Kai
deportations
Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group)
imprisonment
incarceration
no-no boys
renunciation
resettlements
segregation
Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan
Tule Lake concentration camp
Tule Lake Segregation Center
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Years of Infamy (book)
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 5 of 9
Read Part 4 >> Western Defense Command Preparation for Individual Detention On December 17, 1944, M…
April 12, 2013
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 4 of 9
Read Part 3 >>End of Army OccupationThe WRA and the Army had very different organizational dynamics…
April 5, 2013
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 3 of 9
Read Part 2 >> The Stockade: Symbol of the Worthlessness of U.S. CitizenshipWith the Center’s elect…
March 29, 2013
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 2 of 9
Read Part 1 >> Martial Law With most of the elected Nikkei leadership imprisoned in the stockade, C…
March 22, 2013
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