Yoshiko Uchida Research Paper

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Yoshiko Uchida was born into a nice Japanese-American Christian family in Alameda, California. She had one sister and they lived in a rented home in an area which had previously been restricted to whites in Berkeley. Yoshiko Uchida was able to experience a cheerful childhood by taking piano lessons, going to concerts, visiting museums, and traveling on memorable vacations to the East Coast and Japan. Yoshiko attended Sunday school at Japanese Independent Congregational Church of Oakland with her family. Although Yoshiko and her older sister spoke Japanese at home (their parents still spoke and read English well), during the week, they did not go to a Japanese language school like other Nisei. Yoshiko grew older and her life changed. She graduated

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