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CWRCI Hearing, July 16, 1981

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Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
silver gel (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm
Object Name:
contact sheet
Associated Place:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
ca. 1980s
Description:
Contact sheet of negatives by George Wakiji documenting the United States Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Hearings in Washington, D.C. Name stamp of George Wakiji on back; an address label (George M. Wakiji/5820 Iron Willow Court/ Alexandra, VA 22310) affixed to back covering another, perhaps previous address. Photo label of those depicted affixed on reverse.
The CWRIC was a bipartisan commission formed by President Jimmy Carter to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding Executive Order 9066 (EO 9066) and the incarceration of American citizens, as well as the mistreatment of the Alaskan natives of the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands. The following contact sheet documents the hearing held on July, 16 1981. It features members of commission and captures the testimonies from Jack Greenberg of the NAACP Legal & Education Fund, Ed Nakawatase of the American Friends Service Committee, and influential Japanese American civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama, whose family was incarcerated at Santa Anita and Jerome, worked during the civil rights movement in forging an alliance between Asian American and African American communities. She is most known for being with Malcom X on the night of his assassination. Also featured was Lillian Baker a conservative activist Lilian Baker and a proponent of Japanese American incarceration.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
World War II  Search this
Congress  Search this
Japanese Americans  Search this
Related event:
Japanese American Internment  Search this
World War II  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
ID Number:
2016.3020.19
Catalog number:
2016.3020.19
Nonaccession number:
2016.3020
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
Executive Order 9066
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-515f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1805787