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JACL Commemorates the Legacy of Japanese American Redress

On Oct. 9, 1990, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presented the first redress checks to nine survivors of Japanese American wartime incarceration in a special ceremony held in Washington, D.C. This historic moment marked a major milestone and turning point in the decades-long fight for an apology and justice led by Japanese American survivors, their children, […]

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