As the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Los Angeles hearings proceed, testimonies of financial losses and psychological trauma drive the movement for Redress and Reparations forward. The testifiers show solidarity in their support for interned people of Japanese ancestry.

Introduction by Mark Masaoka and Miyako Noguchi of Nikkei Progressives.

Part 5 Testifiers: 

Warren Furutani

Gilbert Sanchez

Elsie Akita Myers

Charles Hamasaki

Ben Hara

Mark Masaoka

Marjorie Matsushita

Alice Tanabe Nehira

James Goto

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Los Angeles hearings, Visual Communications and Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) presents SPEAK OUT FOR JUSTICE, the entire gavel-to-gavel tape coverage of the Los Angeles hearings, held August 4 - 6, 1981. We are releasing the full 26 hours of tapes, comprising over 150 testimonies from those impacted by Executive Order 9066, including special introductions by various community members.