Acknowledging A Fundamental Injustice: 30th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 – Annual Awards Tribute 2018

JOIN US- NJAHS COMMEMORATES THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988. NJAHS ANNUAL AWARDS TRIBUTE

On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. It was the legislative remedy to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to the mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II. The “redress” bill acknowledged the government’s grave injustice and issued a formal apology to Japanese American survivors incarcerated in the camps during the war.

Acknowledging A Fundamental Injustice: 30th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Co-sponsored by The Presidio Trust and NJAHS
Keynote Speaker: Alice Yang, Ph.D.
Stevenson College Provost and Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Co-director of the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories. Author of Historical Memories of the Japanese American internment and the Struggle for Redress.
In tribute to: Japanese American Citizens League, National Coalition for Redress/Reparations, National Council for Japanese American Redress, and Coram Nobis Legal Team.

Location: Presidio Officers’ Club, Ortega Ballroom (50 Moraga Avenue, Main Post, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94129)
Date & Time: Sat. May 5, 2018. 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Featuring films previews: Our Lost Years (producer/director Lane Nishikawa). An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy (producer-directors Dianne Fukami & Debra Nakatomi).

Free Public workshops: 12 Noon to 4PM at MIS Historic Learning Center, Bldg. 640. 640 Old Mason Street, Presidio of S.F.

View the special exhibits “ARTISTS’ EYES: Art of Incarceration” at MIS Bldg 640 and “EXCLUSION” at Presidio Officers’ Club.NJAHS shuttle sign-ups from Japantown to MIS Historic Learning Center and Presidio Officers’ Club.

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