The Unquiet Nisei
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The Unquiet Nisei

An Oral History of the Life of Sue Kunitomi Embrey

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Unquiet Nisei

An Oral History of the Life of Sue Kunitomi Embrey

About this book

An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedicate
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Series Editors’ Foreword
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: Manzanar National Historic Site: Fulfillment of a Mission
  11. 1 Growing up in Little Tokyo
  12. 2 Old Values in a New Home
  13. 3 A Father’s Shadow
  14. 4 The Impact of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
  15. 5 Manzanar: Weeping under the Apple Trees
  16. 6 Manzanar: A Community of Contradictions
  17. 7 Violence and Desolation
  18. 8 Go Forth, Seek, and Find
  19. 9 The Kunitomis, Reunited, Diminished
  20. 10 Nisei Progressives and Beyond
  21. 11 The Unquiet Nisei
  22. 12 The Manzanar Committee
  23. 13 Redress and Reparations
  24. Conclusion: The Legacy of Sue Kunitomi Embrey
  25. Afterword
  26. Appendix I
  27. Appendix II
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index