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ddr-densho-1024-102

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Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films

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Testifiers continue to speak out on the intergenerational impact of Executive Order 9066 on Japanese Americans. The demand for Community Redress and Reparations grows as the testimonies continue to speak out on the psychological trauma and feelings of shame felt by many interned Japanese Americans.

Introduction by Duane Kubo, Co-Founder of Visual Communications.

Part 4 Testifiers:
Roy Nakano,
Alan Nishio,
Mike Murase,
George Takei,
William Shigeta,
Elizabeth Nishikawa,
Irma Brubaker Roth,
Ken Hayashi,
Katsumi Yagura,
Mary Kurihara (for Albert),
Tom Watanabe,
Henry Sakai,
Joe Yamamoto,
Dillion Myer (read by Lillian Baker)

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Los Angeles hearings, Visual Communications and Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) presents SPEAK OUT FOR JUSTICE, the entire gavel-to-gavel tape coverage of the Los Angeles hearings, held August 4 - 6, 1981. We are releasing the full 26 hours of tapes, comprising over 150 testimonies from those impacted by Executive Order 9066, including special introductions by various community members. Learn more and watch the rest of the footage at vcmedia.org/speakout

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-102.

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Densho

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Courtesy of Japanese American Film Preservation Project, Densho

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