Redress

Preface to the 2024 EditionPreface to the First Edition

1. BEGINNINGS (1970-1976)





The Birth of the Movement
My Journey to the JACL
Gaman
Defining the Issue
The Testing Ground
Questions 27 and 28
The Message
1976 and the Sacramento Convention
Mike Masaoka
The Turning Point

2. LAUNCHING THE CAMPAIGN (1977-1978)





Clifford Uyeda
The Candidate
The Guidelines
The Two-Part Plan
The JACL's Redress President
The Opening Salvo from Salt Lake City
The Committee

3. THE STRATEGY (1978-1979)





Ernest Weiner
The Big Four
The Most Critical Decision
'Like 1942 All Over Again'
The Media Breakthrough
Campaign Backlash
The Redress Staff
The Flag and Apple Pie
The Grassroots Machine

4. THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE FIGHT (1979-1980)





The Waiting Game
Introduction of the Commission Bill
The Opening Rounds
Could a Nation Judge Itself?
An American Testimonial
My Colliding Worlds
The First Congressional Hearings
Our Days of Infamy
Chaos
Fulfilling the Promise
The Next Phase
Changing the Odds
Ronald Reagan, the Unknown

5. THE COMMISSION (1981-1983)





Formation
A Gamble
The Hearings Begin
The Community Speaks
Karl Bendetsen
John McCloy
Cambridge
Commission Deliberations
The CWRIC Report and Recommendations
Hohri v. U.S.

6. THE FINAL STAGE (1983-1988)





One Vote at a Time
Coram Nobis
Precedent Strategy
Caught in a Double Vortex
The Meanest Little Town in America
Changes
H.R. 442
Moving On
A Successful Conclusion
Japanese Latin Americans
How Do You Fix Something So Broken?
Finding Our Way Back

7. 9/11: LESSONS FROM THE PAST (2001-2007)





Another Day of Infamy
Journey's End

Acknowledgements

Index

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