Oral Histories
Roger Shimomura
2011-07-10T15:01:43-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZmNkXC8zMDAwOTktbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese Americans at the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. He later became an artist whose work focused on creating pieces that examine issues such as ethnicity, race, and the Japanese-American experience throughout the 20th century.
This is a portion of an interview from the Densho Visual History Collection which was conducted by Alice Ito for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. It took place on March 18, 2003, in Seattle, Washington.
Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese A…
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Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese Americans at the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. He later became an artist whose work focused on creating pieces that examine issues such as ethnicity, race, and the Japanese-American experience throughout the 20th century.
This is a portion of an interview from the Densho Visual History Collection which was conducted by Alice Ito for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. It took place on March 18, 2003, in Seattle, Washington. close
This is a portion of an interview from the Densho Visual History Collection which was conducted by Alice Ito for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. It took place on March 18, 2003, in Seattle, Washington.
Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese A… read more
Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese Americans at the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. He later became an artist whose work focused on creating pieces that examine issues such as ethnicity, race, and the Japanese-American experience throughout the 20th century.
This is a portion of an interview from the Densho Visual History Collection which was conducted by Alice Ito for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. It took place on March 18, 2003, in Seattle, Washington. close
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