Echoes of exclusion and resistance : voices from the Hanford Region

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Echoes of exclusion and resistance : voices from the Hanford Region

Author:

Bauman, Robert, 1964- editor.

Franklin, Robert R., 1981- editor.

Series:

Hanford histories ;

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Summary:

"Four scholars draw from oral histories to focus on experiences of non-white groups such as the Wanapum, Chinese immigrants, interned Japanese Americans, and African American migrant workers, whose lives were deeply impacted by the Hanford Site. Each group resisted segregation and discrimination, and in the process, challenged the region's dominant racial norms."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The four deaths of Henry Williams : constructing racial narratives in the Pacific Northwest / Robert Bauman -- The ties that bind : Native Peoples in the mid-Columbia / Thomas E. Marceau -- "What is an American?" The Yamauchi family, race and citizenship in World War II Tri-Cities / Robert Bauman -- African-American migration to Hanford during World War II / Robert Franklin -- "To better my condition:" African-American women in the Tri-Cities, 1940-1970 / Laura Arata -- The Birmingham of Washington : African-American civil rights efforts in the Tri-Cities / Robert Franklin and Robert Bauman -- Latinos and the continuing significance of race in the Tri-Cities / Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin -- Oral histories / Ellenor Moore, Wally Webster.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Corporate Subject:

Hanford Engineer Works -- Employees -- Interviews.

Subject Term:

Minorities -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Segregation -- History -- 20th century.

Race discrimination -- History -- 20th century.

Nuclear facilities -- Social aspects.

Geographic Term:

Tri-Cities (Wash.) -- History.

Tri-Cities (Wash.) -- Race relations.

Tri-Cities (Wash.) -- Ethnic relations.

Hanford Site (Wash.) -- History.

Author(s):

Bauman, Robert, 1964-

Franklin, Robert R., 1981-

Publisher:

Washington State University,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9780874223828

Publication Information:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University, [2020]

Call Number:

305.8 ECHOES

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Like the rest of the American West, the mid-Columbia region has long been diverse. Its history mirrors common multiracial narratives, but with important nuances. In the late 1880s, Chinese railroad workers were segregated to East Pasco, a practice that later extended to all non-whites and continued for decades. Kennewick residents became openly proud of their status as a "lily-white" town. In Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance, four scholars-Laura Arata, Robert Bauman, Robert Franklin, and Thomas E. Marceau-draw from Hanford History Project, Atomic Heritage Foundation, and Afro-American Community Cultural and Educational Society oral histories to focus on the experiences of non-white groups whose lives were deeply impacted by the Hanford Site. Linked in ways they likely could not know, each group resisted the segregation and discrimination they encountered, and in the process, challenged the region's dominant racial norms. The Wanapum, evicted by Hanford Nuclear Reservation construction, relate stories of their people, as well as their responses to dislocation and forced evacuation. Unable to interact with the ancient landscapes and utilize the natural resources of their traditional lands, they suffered painful, irretrievable losses. Early arrivals to the town of Pasco, the Yamauchi family built the American dream-including successful businesses and highly educated children-only to have their aspirations crushed by World War II Japanese-American internment. Thousands of African Americans migrated to the area for wartime jobs and discovered rampant segregation. Through negotiations, demonstrations, and protests, they fought the region's ingrained racial disparity. During the early years of the Cold War, Black women, mostly from East Texas, also relocated to work at Hanford. They offer a unique perspective on employment, discrimination, family, and faith. Book jacket.

Robert BaumanThomas E. MarceauRobert BaumanRobert FranklinLaura J. ArataRobert Bauman and Robert FranklinRobert Bauman and Robert FranklinEllenor Moore

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction: The Four Deaths of Henry Williams: Constructing Racial Narratives in the Tri-Cities	p. 1
1 The Ties That Bind: Hanford's Ancient Landscape and Contemporary Native Americans	p. 17
2 "What is an American?": The Yamauchi Family, Race, and Citizenship in World War II Tri-Cities	p. 55
3 "I Chose East Pasco Because I Didn't Have No Other Choice": African American Migration, Segregation, and Civil Rights at Hanford and the Tri-Cities, 1943-1960	p. 75
4 "To Better My Condition": African American Women in the Tri-Cities, 1940-1970	p. 111
5 "The Birmingham of Washington": Civil Rights and Black Power in the Tri-Cities	p. 135
6 Latino/as and the Continuing Significance of Place in the Tri-Cities	p. 169
Appendix: Oral History Interviews	p. 179
Wallace (Wally) Webster	p. 211
Contributors	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 258

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