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 This Act rescinded Executive Order 9066, and mandated an official apology from the federal government, monetary reparations payments to individuals excluded and incarcerated, and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 Award sheet for Shoji Nagumo from the Claims Division, Department of Justice (ddr-csujad-55-911)

Settlement notification for Shoji Nagumo from the Department of Justice. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0913

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-911/

doc Internee payments approved (ddr-csujad-55-2376)

Newspaper clipping published in "The Sacramento bee" regarding passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2482

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2376/

Claim for damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry, Form no. Cl. 1, George Hideo Nakamura, copy (ddr-csujad-55-2424)

doc Claim for damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry, Form no. Cl. 1, George Hideo Nakamura, copy (ddr-csujad-55-2424)

Copy of the form, "Claim for damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry" distributed by the Japanese American Citizens League. Current form completed by George Hideo Nakamura including an itemized list of personal property claims. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2424/

doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] Whereabouts (ddr-csujad-55-2089)

Newspaper clipping seeking persons of non-Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2192

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2089/

doc Letter from Hatsue [Nakamura] to Dorothy Nakamura, May 15, 1996 (ddr-csujad-55-2047)

Correspondence from Hatsue [Nakamura] to Dorothy Nakamura regarding restitution payment and updates on family life. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2150

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2047/

doc Letter from National Archives and Records Administration to Masako Adachi, August 25, 1988 (ddr-csujad-55-2310)

Verification of detention of Masako Adachi Okabe in an incarceration camp during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2416

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2310/

doc Camps couldn't contain pride of American Japanese (ddr-csujad-55-2378)

Newspaper clipping published in "Reno gazette-journal" regarding the author's opinion on the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2484

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2378/

doc Commission workshop (ddr-csujad-55-101)

Flyer for a workshop on preparation of oral and written testimony for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0103

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-101/

doc Letter from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon, July 8, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2135)

Correspondence from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon regarding research related to the redress and reparations movement. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2238

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2135/

doc Redress! The American promise (ddr-csujad-55-105)

Account of the Japanese American experience from the evacuation order of World War II to redress and reparations. Includes photographs. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0107

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-105/

doc Redress regulations questions and answers (ddr-csujad-55-85)

Booklet covering questions related to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, a law authorizing compensation to eligible persons of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated during World War II. Question and answer section covers eligibility for redress, verification, documentation, confirmation of review, change of circumstances, payment timeline, resources for ineligible individuals, and information about working with the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-85/

doc Civil Liberties Act of 1988: questions and answers (ddr-csujad-55-2413)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2413/

doc Letter from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon, July 21, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2117)

Correspondence from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon regarding information about Japanese American claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2220

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2117/

doc [Notes on incarcerated non-Japanese] (ddr-csujad-55-2090)

Handwritten note covering non-Japanese individuals who were chose to accompany a spouse to an incarceration camp during World War II and current scholarship being done on the topic. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2193

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2090/

doc Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Reparations Administrator, U.S. Department of Justice to Dear Correspondent, 1988 (ddr-csujad-55-86)

Form letter acknowledging receipt of correspondence regarding restitution payment. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00090

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-86/

doc Ted Stevens subcommittee hearings (ddr-csujad-55-2133)

Written statement of Rachel Kawasaki, submitted for the hearings on Senate Bill S. 2116. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2236

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2133/

doc H.R. 442--questions and answers (ddr-csujad-55-89)

Question and answer sheet covering information about H.R.422 including eligibility, "voluntary evacuees," vesting rights, administration and distribution of funds, procedures, notification, and federal and state laws. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00093

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-89/

doc Letter from John Tateishi, Redress Director, National Committee for Redress, to Mrs. Mary T. Tsukamoto, April 12, 1982 (ddr-csujad-55-100)

Typed correspondence from John Tateishi of the National Committee for Redress to Mary Tsukamoto, thanking her for her contribution to the Japanese American Citizens League redress fund. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0102

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-100/

doc Japanese internment bill passes (ddr-csujad-55-2375)

Newspaper clippings published in "The Sacramento union" regarding passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Titles include "Japanese internment bill passes" and "Woman happy to see U.S. apologize." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2481

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2375/

doc Japanese internment (ddr-csujad-55-2377)

Newspaper clipping regarding a bill that was passed in the House of representatives to form a commission to investigate the "relocation program" during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2483

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2377/

doc Handwritten notes (ddr-csujad-55-2143)

Handwritten notes on the Pacific citizen newspaper contacts and the redress and reparations movement. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2245

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2143/

img Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing Redress H.R. 442 (ddr-csujad-55-2619)

Photograph of President Ronald Reagan signing Redress H.R. 442. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2783

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2619/

doc Japanese American incarceration: a case for redress (ddr-csujad-55-99)

Pamphlet by the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee promoting support for Senate Bill, S 1009, and House of Representatives Resolution, HR 442, which seek to redress civil rights violations against Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0101

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-99/

doc [Note on redress] (ddr-csujad-55-2096)

Handwritten note about the redress and reparations program with contact information for Paul Suddes of the Department of Justice. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2199

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2096/

vh Floyd Shimomura Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-466-20)

An important meeting at the White House with President Ronald Reagan

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-466-20/