Ken Shimizu, representing the young people of New York City's famous Riverside Church, is speaking at one of several discussion ...

1945-03-17

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. G-864

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Full title:Ken Shimizu, representing the young people of New York City's famous Riverside Church, is speaking at one of several discussion groups at a City-Wide Unity Conference which took place at the Society for Ethical Culture on March 1945, under the auspices of the Interracial Youth Committee. Ken was one of several hundred young people representing sixty schools, church groups, and settlement houses throughout the city who participated in the conference. A former resident of Los Angeles, Ken is now a student at George Washington High School in New York City. He relocated there from the Gila River Relocation Center with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nobukichi Shimizu. Mr. Shimizu is engaged in the bean sprout business in New York. Photographer: Fujihira, Toge New York, New York.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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