Recalling President Carter’s signing of the Commission bill

Japanese Language School Mentality of Issei and Nisei Treatment by Chinese students Attempts to sign up for military service Recruited for the National JACL Redress Committee Criteria for who gets redress Changing "reparations" to "redress" Appointing John Tateishi as National JACL Redress Chair Inouye’s strategy for educating the American public JACL reaction to the idea of a commission Redress clash between Senators Inouye and Hayakawa Recalling President Carter’s signing of the Commission bill Poignant story from the CWRIC hearing in San Francisco John Tateishi plays a role in changing people's minds The unheralded help from beyond the community Legacy of redress Different races have to live together and interact

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I was standing right behind the right shoulder of President Carter. He had a little three-by-five inch card in his hand, and I just glanced down. I thought he would have the whole card filled with statements. He only had about two or three words written there. But you know he spoke for quite a while and what he said was he was very—so he seemed to know the history of Japanese Americans and camp pretty well. I was rather surprised at the extent of the information that he had.

Date: July 1-2, 1998
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Mitchell Maki, Darcie Iki
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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