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DESCRIPTION:"Power of the Commission Hearings: First Person Voices of Japan
 ese American Incarceration" sponsored by the Japanese American Historical 
 Society of Southern California\, Visual Communications\, Nikkei for Civil 
 Rights &amp\; Redress\, and the Torrance Public Library on Saturday\, May 
 3\, 1 to 3 pm\, at the Katy Geisseert Civic Center Library.\n\nIn 1981 Jap
 anese Americans spoke out for redress at the Commission on Wartime Relocat
 ion and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings across the country. The L
 os Angeles hearing was one of the few that was videotaped. Preserved by th
 e Nikkei for Civil Rights <em>&amp\; </em>Redress (NCRR) and Visual Commun
 ications (VC)\, these testimonies galvanized a grassroots campaign for red
 ress\, resulting in the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988\, autho
 rizing $20\,000 and an apology. Panelists from both NCRR and testifiers fr
 om the South Bay will share insights from the hearings and the impact it h
 ad on their lives and the community. Excerpts from the hearings will be sh
 own with special attention to South Bay testimonies.
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SUMMARY:Power of the Commission Hearings
URL:/en/events/2014/05/03/power-of-the-commission-hearings/
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