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NCRR : the grassroots struggle for Japanese American redress and reparations / by Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress.
Van Pelt Library D769.8.A6 N55 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress--History.
- Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress.
- National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (U.S.)--History.
- National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (U.S.).
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Reparations.
- Japanese Americans.
- Reparations for historical injustices--Japanese Americans.
- Reparations for historical injustices.
- Japanese Americans--Political activity--History.
- Japanese Americans--Civil rights--History.
- Community activists--Japanese Americans--History.
- Community activists.
- Japanese Americans--Civil rights.
- War reparations.
- History.
- Political participation.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 391 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Grassroots struggle for Japanese American redress and reparations
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Overview
- Preface : Why this book and why now?
- Part one: The history and origins of the NCRR. Japanese Americans and the movement for redress: grassroots activism in the National Coalition of Redress/Reparations, Los Angeles Chapter / Glen Ikuo Kitayama ; My relation to redress ; The repeal of Title II of the 1950 Internal Security Act ; New horizons, same story ; Redevelopment ; The National Coalition for Redress/Reparations ; Afterword: By way of conclusion
- Gambare / Miya Iwataki
- Where we came from , and why we joined NCRR ; Miya Iwataki ; Richard Katsuda ; Suzy Katsuda ; Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka ; Jim Matsuoka ; Bert and Lillian Nakano ; Alan Nishio ; Kay Ochi ; Janice Iwanaga Yen.
- Part two: Voices of transformation : community organizers and activists. Prologue: Waiting for justice to find its time / Jim Matsuoka
- Roots of the NCRR ; Introduction ; Beginnings / June Kizu ; Reaching out / Bert and Lillian Nakano ; The road to NCRR started in Little Tokyo / Roy Nakano ; Personal reflections on NCRR / June Hibino ; Attorney for the Defense / Gerald Sato ; My NCRR memories / JK Yamamoto ; Changing my mind about reparations / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi ; My NCRR experience / Robert Toji.
- Gathering voices to speak for redress ; Introduction ; Speaking up for redress: a courageous Nisei woman / Jim H. Matsuoka
- NCRR's role in the CWRIC hearings / Miya Iwataki
- Taking charge / June Kizu
- A "new" Japanese immigrant: getting to know the Issei / Yasuko Sakamoto
- Early days of the redress movement in the San Jose area / Richard Katsuda
- Rallying the community and building the movement. Introduciton
- Getting involved and volunteer power / Alan Nishio
- We never gave up / Kathy Masaoka.
- Rallying the community / Lucille Nakahara
- The road to redress / Steve Nagano
- Family's Tule Lake roots / Gary Fujimoto
- A march for justice / Haru Kuromiya
- Remembering the redress campaign / Takeshi Nakayama
- Takashi Tim Nabara / Janice Nabara Huey
- Frank Emi: a hero for all time / Merilynne Quon.
- The people go to Washington. Introduction
- Lobbying in Washington / Miya Iwataki
- Lobbying Cognress for redress: the best thing I've done in my life / Guy Aoki
- Redress: a view from San Francisco / John Ota
- Reparations: our historic victory / Bert Nakano.
- The role of art and the media. Poster art gallery
- Introduction
- The day of remembrance and the role of artists / Kay Ochi and Janice Yen
- Remembrances of Glenn / Edna Horiuchi
- MANAA forms in anger over media coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor / Guy Aoki
- Stand up for justice: who knew it would be a long journey! / Patty Ito Nagano
- Light, a reflection (on NCRR) in (7) parts / traci kato kiriyama.
- The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and challenging redress denials. Introduction
- Remembering the post-CLA redress work / Kay Ochi
- Minor relocatee: child sent to Japan in 1943 denied redress / Reiko Nimura
- Child claiming redress for lives disrupted / Sharon Tanihara
- A child of "voluntary evacuees": redress claim initially denied / Duane Inouye Sanchez
- Working as director of the Office of Redress Administration: a labor of love / Bob Bratt
- Railroad workers family member: my redress journey with NCRR / Fumiko Ishii Shimada
- Owning a camera was a crime: the ten-year road to justice for railroad worker families / Reginald Chun, esq.
- Campaign for justice: redress now for Japanese Latin Americans introduction / Jim Matsuoka
- My personal experience in the Japanese Latin American redress campaign / Ayako Hagihara
- The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: summary of redress cases processed and reparations paid.
- Creating linkages in the quest of justice. Introduction / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
- NCRR, the "nail that sticks up" / Kathy Masaoka
- JAPSS hair salon campaign / Suzy Katsuda
- Big mountain / G. Akito Maehara
- Free South Africa! / Evelyn Yoshimura
- The campaign to abolish the fingerprinting of Koreans in Japan / Kathy Masaoka
- Revealing the 522nd's liberation of Dachau to the media / Guy Aoki
- The New Otani Hotel / Jim Matsuoka
- NCRR delegation: exchange between Japanese Americans and Cuban Japanese / Sandy Maeshiro
- The NCRR 9/11 Committee / Michael Yanagita.
- A new generation of activists. Introduction
- A Japanese student learns from the history of NCRR / Kumiko Tsuchida
- NCRR and its impact on young people / Tony Osumi
- Conclusion / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
- For further thought and reading / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780934052511
- 0934052514
- OCLC:
- 1043758554
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