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ddr-densho-1024-113

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Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films

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As the final day of the CWRIC hearings conclude, testifiers continue to speak out on the impact of EO 9066 on Japanese American communities and unite in their demand for monetary redress. The testimonies recall business property loss, resettlement difficulties, and racial prejudice.

Introduction by Richard Katsuda, educator and co-chair of NCRR.

Part 5 Testifiers:
Akemi Kikumura,
Sheri Miyashiro,
Yoshio Ikemoto,
Mas Inoshita,
Hiroshi Kamei,
Teru Watanabe,
Yoshio Nakamura,
Grace Nakamura,
Mas Odoi,
Jeff Tsuji,
Bruce Kaji,
Kazuo Mori,
Marian Kadomatsu,
Ruby Okubu,
Judy Imai,
Larry Boss

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-1024-113.

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Densho

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Courtesy of Japanese American Film Preservation Project, Densho

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