Personal justice denied
Subtitle: public hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment, 1981
Contributors: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Series: Archives unbound; Archives unbound
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 4670
Subjects: Japanese Americans; Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Legal status, laws; United States. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians; United States; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01801850
Description: The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was established by act of Congress in 1980. Between July and December 1981, the CWRIC held 20 days of public hearings in Seattle, WA; Alaska; Washington, D.C; New York, New York; Chicago, Ill.; Cambridge, MA; and, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA. This publication consists of the testimony and documents from more than 750 witnesses: Japanese Americans and Aleuts who had lived through the events of WWII, former government officials who ran the internment program, public figures, internees, organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League, interested citizens, historians, and other professionals who had studied the subjects of the Commission's inquiry. Many of the transcripts are personal stories of experiences of evacuees. Documents include publications, reports, press releases, photographs, newspaper clippings, etc. related to the hearings.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1981.

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