Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 1, 1943

Thelma goes downtown; Japanese internees stage a protest at Tule Lake

Lowell still had the pen and was his usual taciturn self. “Thelma went downtown today.” Thelma, please get that pen back!

There was considerable activity at the Tule Lake Segregation Center in northern California, where thousands of Japanese American and resident alient internees surrounded the administrative office asking for a chance to air their grievances with a visiting official. The photo of a barracks room at the center, which housed upwards of 29,000 people over the course of the war, was taken by Precious Yamaguchi.

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