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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-1024-106

PARENT COLLECTION

Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films

DESCRIPTION

As the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Los Angeles hearings resume, Issei testifiers speak out on the injustice shown towards people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Testifiers from the San Diego Redress and Reparations Committee also speak out on behalf of their experiences and their families.

Introduction by Jan Tokumaru, Co-Chair of Nikkei Progressives.

Part 4 Testifiers:
Beth Shironaka,
Masaaki Hironaka,
Akira Horiuchi,
Harry Kawamoto,
Elsie Hashimoto,
Harry Hashimoto,
Francis L. Honda,
David Imuhara,
Miyo Senzaki,
George Morimoto

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-1024-106.

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Densho

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Courtesy of Japanese American Film Preservation Project, Densho

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