Japanese American redress movement

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The Japanese American redress movement was a post–World War II campaign, led largely by former internees and their descendants, that sought official government apology and monetary reparations for the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights movement ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aimedAt United States federal government ⓘ
focusesOn Issei ⓘ
Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans

Sansei ⓘ
goal monetary reparations ⓘ
official government apology ⓘ
public acknowledgment of injustice ⓘ
restoration of civil liberties ⓘ
hasPart grassroots organizing ⓘ
legal and legislative advocacy ⓘ
lobbying Congress ⓘ
public education campaigns ⓘ
testimonies by former internees ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era politics ⓘ
World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
late 20th-century U.S. civil rights reforms ⓘ
influenced Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
influencedBy Asian American movement ⓘ
broader U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed violations of due process ⓘ
violations of equal protection principles ⓘ
violations of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
mainSubject Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
World War II Japanese American internment ⓘ
motivatedBy unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
violations of civil rights and due process ⓘ
opposed racial discrimination against Japanese Americans ⓘ
wartime mass incarceration policies ⓘ
participant Japanese American community organizations ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
descendants of Japanese American internees ⓘ
former Japanese American internees ⓘ
relatedTo Civil Liberties Public Education Fund ⓘ
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
Japanese American Citizens League ⓘ
result Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
formal apology by the U.S. government ⓘ
increased public awareness of Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
individual monetary payments to surviving internees ⓘ
significantEvent Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

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Japanese American internment → followedBy → Japanese American redress movement ⓘ
Day of Remembrance (Japanese American internment) → relatedTo → Japanese American redress movement ⓘ
Day of Remembrance (Japanese American internment) → relatedTo → Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress ⓘ
linked to: Japanese American redress movement
Japanese American Redress Act → inspiredBy → Japanese American redress movement ⓘ