This program begins with the ever present dilemma of racial exclusion in our country. The Civil Rights movement was to become the catalyst for the work on redress and monetary reparation to former Japanese internees. It was also the way used to force dealing with the issue publicly. The process was launched by leaders of the Japanese American Citizens League and, over time and with the help of the Federal Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, the Civil Liberties Act was signed into law. The program concludes by addressing the origins of discrimination in America with the arrival of European settlers and the cultural attitudes they held toward the native peoples they encountered.
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(Video Length: 15:00 Min.)
