Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

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Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.

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[2] 60 p. ; 28 cm.

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Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri October 19, 1980.

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Affiliated with the UNT Department of History, the Oral History Program records, transcribes, and archives oral history interviews in order to preserve local, state, and U.S. history. The program also trains UNT students in the theory and methods of oral history, conducts workshops for community members, and maintains partnerships with related institutions and organizations.

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Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.

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[2] 60 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • October 19, 1980

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Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri. Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980, book, October 19, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085624/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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