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Finding supporters for the bill
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
I wanted to make sure that we had prominent members of the Congress as... you …

Getting Jim Wright to sponsor the bill
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
Jim Wright was at that time the majority leader, and -- no, I'm sorry, he …

Finding the Smoking Gun
Peter Irons October 27, 2000
And I picked out the box that said Korematsu v. United States. And I thought …

Lesson to be Learned
Peter Irons October 27, 2000
The internment did not just affect Japanese Americans. It certainly didn't just affect Asian Americans. …

Beginnings of CWRIC
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
About September, I don't recall when. September/October of '78, the officers of the JACL came …

Findings of the commission report
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
You know, then the final commission report, it came out and said that there was …

Speaker pro tem on the day the bill went to the House
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
Jim Wright, again, by that time was the Speaker. And he said, "Norm,"" he said, …

The last hurdle – President Reagan
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
There was a fellow by the name of Grant... I*: Ujifusa. Ujifusa, and Grant was …

Signing of the bill
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
Then we were all at the Seattle JACL convention in 1988, and we got word …

“No racial profiling”
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
Well, there's no question that right after September 11th they were saying, "Take all these …