John Tateishi

Broschiertes Buch

Redress

The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations

Beschreibung

This is the unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Author John Tateishi, himself the leader of the JACL Redress Committee for many years, is first to admit that the task was herculea

Autor

John Tateishi, born in Los Angeles in 1939, was incarcerated from ages three to six at Manzanar, one of America's ten World War II concentration camps. He studied English Literature at UC Berkeley and attended UC Davis for graduate studies. He played important roles in leading the campaign for Japanese American redress, and as the director of the Japanese American Citizens League, he used the lessons of the campaign to ensure that the rights of this nation's Arab and Muslim communities were protected after 9/11.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heyday Books
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781597146463
• ISBN-10: 1597146463
• Artikelnr.: 69719316