As the final day of the CWRIC hearings conclude, testifiers continue to speak out on the impact of EO 9066 on Japanese American communities and unite in their demand for monetary redress. The testimonies recall business property loss, resettlement difficulties, and racial prejudice.

Introduction by Richard Katsuda, educator and co-chair of NCRR.

Part 5 Testifiers: 

Akemi Kikumura

Sheri Miyashiro

Yoshio Ikemoto

Mas Inoshita

Hiroshi Kamei

Teru Watanabe

Yoshio Nakamura

Grace Nakamura

Mas Odoi

Jeff Tsuji

Bruce Kaji

Kazuo Mori

Marian Kadomatsu

Ruby Okubu

Judy Imai

Larry Boss

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.