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Never give up! Minoru Yasui and the fight for justice  Cover Image DVD DVD

Never give up! Minoru Yasui and the fight for justice

Yasui, Holly, 1953- (film producer,, film director,, screenwriter.). Doolittle, Will, (film director,, editor of moving image work.). Takei, George, 1937- (narrator.). Kameda, Soji, (composer (expression).). Oregon Nikkei Endowment, (film distributor,, publisher.).

Summary: "Minoru Yasui, born and raised in Hood River, Oregon, was the first Japanese American attorney in the state. During World War II, he initiated a legal test case to challenge the incarceration of over 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. He spent 9 months in solitary confinement awaiting his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court ... and the rest of his life fighting for the civil rights of all people."--Container.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
    videorecording
  • Publisher: Portland, OR : Oregon Nikkei Endowment, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes 38 minutes of bonus features.
Special features: Redress -- Re-opening of the World War II legal cases--and their legacy -- Student video letter -- Minoru Yasui Day march -- Yuka gets out of camp -- Maija Yasui interview -- "Citizen Min" 1983 news story.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Directors, Holly Yasui and Will Doolittle; composer, Shoji Kameda; narrator, George Takei; associate producers, Michele Connor and Jillian Toda.
System Details Note:
DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; stereo.
Subject: Yasui, Minoru 1916-
Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Personal narratives
Racism United States History 20th century
Civil rights United States History 20th century
Civil rights United States 21st century
United States Politics and government 20th century
United States Politics and government 21st century
Genre: Video recordings.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Personal narratives.
Documentary films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library DVD 921 YASUI (Text) 33892100664417 Adult DVDs Available -

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