Redress and reparations

In the late 1960s, Japanese Americans began to revisit the history of the exclusion and incarceration period in order to seek justice for their suffering and ensure that no such wrong would ever be committed again. Years of effort by community activists, politicians, academics, and other supporters culminated on August 10, 1988, with the signing of the Civil Liberties Act by President Ronald Reagan. This Act rescinded Executive Order 9066, and mandated an official apology from the federal government, monetary reparations payments to individuals excluded and incarcerated, and the creation of a federal fund for research and education about the incarceration.

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doc Letter from Senator Barbara Boxer to family of Ryo Morikawa Tsai (ddr-densho-446-364)

Congratulatory letter from Senator Barbara Boxer

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-364/

doc SDSU Alumni: Looking for 36 (ddr-densho-446-369)

SDSU Turns to Family and Friends to Help Find Nisei Students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-369/

doc Letter from Stephen L. Weber to Bilin Tsai (ddr-densho-446-365)

Follow-up letter on Nisei Honorary Degree

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-365/

doc Program for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-362)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-362/

doc You're Invited...Nisei Honorary Degree Luncheon & Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-360)

Invitation to attend the California Nisei Luncheon and Ceremony Honoring students affected by Executive Order 9066

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-360/

doc SDSU NewsCenter: CSU Seeks to honor WWII internees (ddr-densho-446-367)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-367/

doc Nisei Vue Vol. 1 No. 2 (Summer, 1948) (ddr-densho-266-2)

Selected article titles: "Fukui Earthquake" (p. 5), "Canada Story" (p. 9), "Kawakita Case" (p. 13), United Veterans of Fresno (p. 16), Vanport Flood (p. 19), Good News from Washington (p. 21), The Unified Nisei Vote (p. 22), The Jacl Queen Contest (p. 23), Lilli Ann Oka (p. 28), Nisei Heroes Buried at Oka (p. 30), Care …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-2/

doc Letter from Tomoye Takahashi to Morris and Juliet (ddr-densho-422-69)

Asking for "letter testamentary" from them to file with her father's claim for evacuation loss.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-69/

doc Request for support for the campaign for reparations from the NRCC (ddr-densho-422-548)

In english and Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-548/

doc "NCRR Banner", Newsletter of the National Coalition Reparations and Redress (ddr-densho-422-546)

Vol. 1, No. 7.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-546/

doc "NCRR Banner", Newsletter of the National Coalition Reparations and Redress (ddr-densho-422-547)

Vol. 1, No. 8.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-547/

av Voices Behind Barbed Wire (O'ahu Version) (ddr-densho-1024-43)

Short film that tells the story of Japanese Americans on O'ahu who were interned during World War II using a combination of contemporary interviews, historical photographs and footage, and historical reenactments. It is one of a series of four films produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i about the internment experience in each of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-43/

av Redress and Reparations Legislative Campaign (ddr-densho-1024-84)

Shortly after the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was signed by President Reagan, VC was contracted by the National JACL to produce a video documenting the organization’s role in the Redress campaign. This project involved interviews with many key participants, including Seattle Nisei Redress activist, Henry Miyatake, and members of Congress, Robert Matsui, Norman Mineta, Daniel …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-84/

av Justice Now! Reparations Now! (ddr-densho-1024-2)

A united front of Japanese American organizations, with the support of Japanese American legislators and the Congressional Black Caucus, uses grass roots organizing to successfully win reparations for unjust incarceration during World War II. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Justice Now! Reparations Now!. See this item in the Digital Library of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-2/

doc U.S. Department of Justice Form (ddr-csujad-29-18)

Form to Department of Justice. Claim for damage to or loss of real personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry. Ernest Yamada, applicant. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1949_M01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-18/

img [Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 on August 10, 1988] (ddr-csujad-29-247)

Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 on August 10, 1988 with Congressmen and women looking on. From left to right: Norman Mineta, Pat Saiki, Pete Wilson, Don Young, Ronald Reagan, Bob Matsui, Bill Lowery, Harry Kajihara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P190

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-247/