Walt Woodward
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Walt Woodward was an American journalist and newspaper editor, as well as the owner of the Bainbridge Island Review weekly newspaper.
Woodward and his wife, Mildred Woodward, reported on the Japanese internment as it transpired, and were among the few who openly and publicly opposed it.[1][2][3][4] Woodward and his wife warned about "the danger of a blind, wild hysterical hatred of all persons who can trace ancestry to Japan", the day after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[5] On Bainbridge Island alone, 227 Japanese civilians were put in concentration camps across the country without charge.[6]
Woodward died in 2001, at the age of 91.[7] Shortly after his death, the Asian American Journalists Association posthumously awarded him and his wife with a Special Recognition Award for their work during World War 2 and the internment.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Journalist Walt Woodward dies at age 91". Bainbridge Island Review. 2001-03-13. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ↑ "Woodward, Walter (1910-2001)". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ↑ "A1 Revisited: The Seattle Times' coverage of the 1942 removal of 227 Bainbridge residents left a harmful legacy". The Seattle Times. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
On the other end of the spectrum was the response of Walt and Milly Woodward, the owners and publishers of the Bainbridge Island Review, one of the few publications to stand up to Executive Order 9066 at the time. In addition to editorials opposing incarceration, the paper engaged incarcerated Japanese Americans to write for the paper about the camp experience.
- ↑ "75 Years Ago, Only One Paper Opposed Japanese American Internment Camps". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ↑ "Walt and Milly Woodward". Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ↑ Gilmore, Susan (2008-11-06). ""In Defense of Our Neighbors": Bainbridge Island author recounts her parents' crusade against internment". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ↑ "BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: Remembering: Walt Woodward". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ↑ "BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: Editor's WWII stand wins recognition". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ↑ "Walt & Milly Woodward Honored". www.bicomnet.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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