Receiving redress checks and apology

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act, which, among other things, mandated an official apology from the government and monetary payments to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. On October 9, 1990, more than two years after the passage of the bill, the first of the redress payments were made in a formal ceremony to elderly issei survivors in Washington, D.C. Similar ceremonies were held in cities across the country. While few of those who were incarcerated feel that the government's apology erases what was done, many believe that a formal admission of wrongdoing helped resolve feelings of shame and corrected misperceptions held by the larger society.

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img Redress check ceremony (ddr-densho-25-121)

Left to right: Kaz Kayahara with Mr. Eto and son.

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doc Reparations Convention program (ddr-densho-25-124)

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img Recipients of redress checks (ddr-densho-25-126)

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img Issei receiving her redress check (ddr-densho-25-131)

Assistant Attorney General John Dunne presenting a redress check to Kisa Iseri of Ontario, Oregon.

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doc Written apology (ddr-densho-25-125)

This written apology from former U.S. President George Bush accompanied redress checks for former camp inmates.

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img Autographed photo of redress check presentation (ddr-densho-25-132)

Kisa Iseri, an Issei woman, receiving her redress check from Assistant Attorney General John Dunne.

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img Redress check ceremony (ddr-densho-25-122)

Left to right: George Pfeiffer, unidentified, and Mae Yamada.

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doc "The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Questions and Answers" (ddr-densho-179-248)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 2 (July 12, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-28)

Select article titles: "House group recommends temp'y farm labor plan be continued: 'No ill effects' on domestic labor market recorded" (p. 1); "JACL Campaign Against Anti-Nisei Films on TV Circularized by NARBT" (p. 1); "Small Claims Court Hears Civil Right Cases" (p. 1); "$86,550 damage suit filed in traffic death of Sakamoto" (p. 1); "Mr. Moto, …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 12 (September 20, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-38)

Select article titles: "Pasadenan thanks JACL for assisit in fighting racial bias" (p. 1); "State Dep't Begins Issuance of Visas Under New Immigration Law" (p. 1); "JACL Attends 12th Nat'l Confab on Citizenship at Nation's Capital" (p. 8); "Case studies of 1952 immigration law show up family hardship, to be in book" (p. 8).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 3 (July 26, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-29)

Select article titles: "Almost 20,000 Mainland Issei Naturalized Within Past Decade" (p. 1); "Senate Takes Up Civil Rights Bill, 71-18 Vote" (p. 1); "Washington JACL Office analyses House Subcommittee report on Japanese farm labor" (p. 1); "Lonely airman's Japanese wife recovers from suicide attempt; steps to regain custody of children stirs interest in Kansas City" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 25 (June 21, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-25)

Select article titles: "1st Nisei Voted Mayor of City in Orange County" (p. 1); "Senate Leaders Urged by JACL To Place Civil Rights Bill Ok'd by House on Calendar, By-Passed Committee" (p. 1); "1st Oriental descent Canada member of parliament elected" (p. 1); "NARTB invited to join JACL campaign to help rid anti-Nisei movies on TV" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 23 (June 7, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-23)

Select article titles: "26,000 Japanese War Brides in U.S. Group Told" (p. 1); "Senate Committee Amends Claims Supplemental Appropriation Bill" (p.1 ); "Non-profit groups listed for 1st time as claim awardees" (p. 1); "JACL participates in Memorial Day Rites at Arlington Cemetery; sagging Nisei interest in war dead scored by D.C. JACLers" (p. 1); "Rep Judd's …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 1, (July 5, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-27)

Select article titles: "East L.A. athletes dominate at 6th annual Relays; five records broken, one tied" (p. 1); "President Signs $2-Million Bill For Evacuees" (p. 1); "Monthly social security benefits payable to Issei visiting or residing in Japan" (p. 1); "Whereabouts sought by Justice Dep't of 72 missing claimants" (p. 1); "'Miracle man' astounding Japanese and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 26 (June 28, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-26)

Select article titles: "Administration Civil Rights Bill On Senate Calendar; Fight Looms" (p. 1); "Congress Sends Claims Pay Bill To White House" (p. 1); "Supreme Court asks for new arguments in expatriation case" (p. 1); "Gakuen dissolved, set up scholarship" (p. 1); "Protest Use Of Vested Funds For School Purposes" (p. 2); "Nisei judge warns against …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 7 (September 16, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-32)

Selected article titles: "New Office of Reparations Administration to Administer Redress Payments" (p. 1), "Public Law 100-383: The Civil Liberties Act: Questions and Answers" (p. 3), "Solution to Japan-U.S. Friction" (pp. 4-5), and "1988 National JACL Scholarship Recipients" (pp. 6-10).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 6 (September 9, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-31)

Selected article titles: "Circulating Verification Forms Confuse Ex-Internees" (pp. 1, 3), "Congressional Record: Lungren's & Bork's Viewpoints on Redress Revealed" (pp. 1, 3), "Mulroney Calls Internment a 'Tragedy', but Refuses to Follow U.S. Example" (p. 1), and "Moshi Moshi: Racism in Japan" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 13 (October 27, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-38)

Selected article titles: "JACL Staffers O.K.: Earthquake Shakes No. Calif.; JACL HQ Closes for the Week" (pp. 1-2), "Payments Starting October, 1990: Reparations Passes, Conference Report Vote by House Expected" (pp. 1-2), "JACL-LEC Update: What Is 'Entitlement'?" (p. 4), and "Comments from the Nation's Press: Make Good the Promise of Redress" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 10 (October 5, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-35)

Select article titles: "Redress Payments to Begin Oct. 9"(p.1); "10th Anniversary of National Effort for Redress-Reparation to Be Observed"(p.2); "Redress Payment Caution Issued for Public Assistance Eligibility in California"(p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 12 (October 19, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-37)

Select article titles: "California Changes Policy for Medi-Cal Patients Due to Receive Federal Redress Payment"(p.1);"First 15,000 Checks in the Mail Now"(p.1);"Susan A Kamb of Malibu: 'The National' Calls Over a Sansei from 'Sports Illustrated' to Top Post"(p.2);"The JACL Legacy Fund -- Our Obligation"(p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 11 (October 12, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-36)

Select article titles: "First Redress Checks, Apology Presented to Nine at WDC Event"(p.1); "First U.S. Charge of Anti-Asian Bias in Higher Education Admissions Made"(p.1); "Sen. D'Amato's Remarks on Japan's Action in Persian Gulf Crisis Rapped"(p.2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 13 (October 26, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-38)

Select article titles: "Five Elderly in Hawaii Handed Redress Checks"(p.1); "Years Late, U.S. Apology Is Still Sweet"(p.1); "Census Bureau to Review Asian Undercount"(p.1); "Japan Apologizes for Minister Kajiyama's Anti-Black Remarks"(p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 12 (March 25, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-12)

Selected article titles: "Reagan's Civil Rights Veto Overridden" (pp. 1, 3), "Census Bureau Reverses Plan to Lump Asian Americans Together" (p. 1), "Nikkei Women Photo Exhibit Planned" (p. 2), "No Reparations for Nisei Internees" (p. 5), and "The Myth of 'Military Necessity'" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 8 (September 21, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-33)

Select article titles: "Matsui Criticizes Census Bureau for Method on Counting"(p.1); "Fujimori's Request for Japan's Help Seen in 120 Trucks"(p.1); "Nikkei Doctors, Nurses of Internment Camp Days to Be Remembered at L.A. Gala"(p.2); "ORA Case Flow for the First 30,000: What's in Your File and Where It Goes"(p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 4 (August 17-24, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-29)

Select article titles: "Redress Payments Now Ready for Oldest WWII Internees"(p.1); "Students Protest Firing of Maehara of Cal Poly Student Outreach"(p.1); "NCCJ Conference on Asian Americans Assail Racial Stereotyping in So. Calif."(p.2); "Smithsonian's Exhibit on 'Japanese Americans and U.S. Constitution' Accomplishing Its Mission"(p.3).

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