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    • Matsui backs reparations bill

    • Matsui backs reparations bill

    • Bills, Legislative -- United States; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans --...

    • Robert T. Matsui speaks in support of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1985 at a Capitol Hill press conference. Robert T. Matsui quoted in the article.
    • Matsui comments on redress court decision

    • Matsui comments on redress court decision

    • Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945;

    • A court decision allows Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II to sue the government for damages. According to Robert T. Matsui, it "...is a first step toward correcting a grave injustice." He then urges going forward for congressional...
    • Matsui remembers Yasui for active role in JACL

    • Matsui remembers Yasui for active role in JACL

    • Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese American Citizens League; Yasui, Minoru, 1916-;

    • Robert T. Matsui made the following statement after hearing of the death of the Japanese American Citizens League leader Min Yasui, "Min was a champion of civil rights who was fiercely dedicated to the pursuit of justice."
    • Matsui supports redress

    • Matsui supports redress

    • Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui,...

    • Robert T. Matsui speaks in support of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1985, at a Capitol Hill press conference. Includes photograph of Matsui.
    • Matsui Supports Redress Legislation at Washington Press Conference

    • Matsui Supports Redress Legislation at Washington Press Conference

    • Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.;

    • Robert T. Matsui speaks in support of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1985 at a Capitol Hill press conference. Includes photograph of Robert T. Matsui.
    • Mike Masaoka.

    • Mike Masaoka.

    • Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna]; Masaoka, Masaru Mike [aacr2]; Lobbyists [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh];

    • Mike Masaru Masaoka was the first national secretary of JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and is credited with making the association nationwide in scope. He and the JACL lobbied for and succeeded in the repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act...
    • Mineta, Matsui praise House of Reps for passing redress bill

    • Mineta, Matsui praise House of Reps for passing redress bill

    • Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931--Quotations; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights;

    • Reps. Norman Mineta and Robert T. Matsui hailed the passage of H.R. 442, the redress bill as a fitting way to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution.
    • Mineta-Matsui joint statement on redress

    • Mineta-Matsui joint statement on redress

    • Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislative hearings -- United...

    • Norman Mineta and Robert T. Matsui present a joint statement at the hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
    • Mitsuye Endo.

    • Mitsuye Endo.

    • Endo, Mitsuye [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh];

    • Mitsuye Endo, an American citizen, was relocated to Tule Lake Relocation Center and then at Topaz Relocation Center. In 1944, attorneys argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on her behalf. The court rules that the War Relocation Authority may have...
    • New effort launched to redress internment

    • New effort launched to redress internment

    • Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislators -- California; Matsui, Robert T., 1941-; Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations;

    • Robert T. Matsui and other Congressmen urge congress to pay reparations to the Japanese Americans that were interned in relocation centers. H.R. 442 titled "Civil Liberties Act of 1985" would establish a trust fund to compensate Japanese Americans ...
    • Nisei draft resisters at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

    • Nisei draft resisters at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

    • Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee [aacr2]; Trials -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne [lcsh]; District courts -- Wyoming --...

    • Courtroom photo of the sixty-three Heart Mountain draft resisters, members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee (U.S. District Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 10, 1944.) Newspapers reported it as "Largest Mass Trial in the History of Wyoming."
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    • Slavery: prohibited by constitution Vol I (Article I, pg. 26-28, 102 of the State constitution, 1862); not allowed in California, Vol I , (Article I, pg. 459-460, "Fugitives from Labor" ; 3177 of the State constitution, 1862). Mulattoes: marriages...
    • Northern Calif. Redress Event to Be Held in Sacramento

    • Northern Calif. Redress Event to Be Held in Sacramento

    • Matsui, Robert T., 1941-; Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-; Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-; Matsunaga, Spark, 1916-; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.;

    • Americans for Fairness held a fundraising event at Sacramento City College. The funds raised would support lobbying efforts for the enactment of the Japanese American redress bill, H.R. 442. Robert T. Matsui and Norman Mineta spoke at the event....
    • PBS "Images"

    • PBS "Images"

    • Asian American legislators; Hayakawa, S.I. (Samuel Ichiye), 1906-1992; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislators -- United States; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Arab Americans -- Civil...

    • Senator Samuel I. Hayakawa recommends that Iranians living in the United States should be interned in camps like the Japanese in World War II. The scene moves to the next evening at the Japanese American Citizen's League testimonial dinner where...

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