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Interview Archives - First-Hand Accounts of the Internment Experience
 An Interview with Mary Tsukamoto - Elk Grove Educator and Community Activist
 Grade Level - Grade 4 - Adult

 

  • Clip 1 - Segregation (1:25)  
    Mary speaks of coming from a segregated elementary school to Elk Grove High
    School. 
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  • Clip 2 - Being American (1:12)
    It was important to the school-age children to proclaim they were American.
    By doing so, the children were shutting out Japanese culture and language.
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  • Clip 3 - Liberty Taken (3:13)
    Mary describe the process of selling of their belongings and going to Elk
    Grove to get on the train to the "Temporary Re-Location Center" in Fresno.
    "When the gate clanged shut, we finally realized that our liberty was taken
    away."
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  • Clip 4 - For Military Necessity (1:38)
    Citizenship didn't mean anything.
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