Japanese American redress movement

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The Japanese American redress movement was a post–World War II campaign, led largely by former internees and their descendants, that sought official government apology and monetary reparations for the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war.

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Japanese American redress movement canonical 1

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instanceOf civil rights movement
political campaign
social movement
aimedAt United States federal government NERFINISHED
focusesOn Issei
Nisei NERFINISHED
Sansei NERFINISHED
goal monetary reparations
official government apology
public acknowledgment of injustice
restoration of civil liberties
hasPart grassroots organizing
legal and legislative advocacy
lobbying Congress
public education campaigns
testimonies by former internees
historicalContext Cold War era politics
World War II home front in the United States NERFINISHED
late 20th-century U.S. civil rights reforms
influenced Civil Liberties Act of 1988 NERFINISHED
influencedBy Asian American movement NERFINISHED
broader U.S. civil rights movement
legalBasisClaimed violations of due process
violations of equal protection principles
violations of the U.S. Constitution
location United States of America
surface form: United States
mainSubject Japanese American incarceration
World War II Japanese American internment NERFINISHED
motivatedBy unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
violations of civil rights and due process
opposed racial discrimination against Japanese Americans
wartime mass incarceration policies
participant Japanese American community organizations
civil rights activists
descendants of Japanese American internees
former Japanese American internees
relatedTo Civil Liberties Public Education Fund NERFINISHED
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians NERFINISHED
Japanese American Citizens League NERFINISHED
result Civil Liberties Act of 1988 NERFINISHED
formal apology by the U.S. government
increased public awareness of Japanese American incarceration
individual monetary payments to surviving internees
significantEvent Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings NERFINISHED
timePeriod post–World War II era

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Japanese American internment followedBy Japanese American redress movement