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ddr-densho-1024-104

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Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films

DESCRIPTION

Testifiers continue to show bravery in speaking out on the impact of Japanese internment during World War II. These stories show the economic loss, psychological trauma, and impact on education for many interned Japanese.

Introduction by Jen Noji of Nikkei Progressives and Alan Nishio, Former Co-Chair of NCRR Los Angeles

Part 2 Testifiers:
Jack Fujimoto,
Y. Fred Fujikawa,
Bill Nakagawa,
Sumiko Seki,
Arthur Tsuneishi,
Mitsuru Sasahara,
Ewan Yoshida,
Toru Dave Matsuo,
June Kizu,
Sue Embrey

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-1024-104.

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Densho

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Courtesy of Japanese American Film Preservation Project, Densho

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