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An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps
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And Justice for All
An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps

By John Tateishi
Forward by Roger Daniels
1984 and 1999, 262 pages, paperback.
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Book Description from Back Cover

At the outbreak of World War II, more than 115,000 Japanese civilians living on the West Coast of the United States were rounded up and sent to desolate "relocation" camps, where most spent the duration of the war. In this poignant and bitter yet inspiring oral history, John Tateishi allows thirty Japanese Americans, victims of this trauma, to speak for themselves. And Justice for All captures the personal feelings and experiences of the only group of American citizens ever to be confined in concentration camps in the United Sates. In this new edition of the book, which was originally published in 1984, an Afterword by the author brings up to date the lives of those he interviewed.

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Comments from Back Cover

"At last the silent speak: the Nisei who were concentratedly camped during World War II. In the overflowing of grievance, so long muted, the victims themselves tell us what it was like. This is the book of Humiliations as well as Revelations. We have the long needed reminder, in chapter and verse, of our nation's most shameful episode."
- Studs Terkel

"These moving personal recollections capture the plight of those who were victims of the most disgraceful episode in American history - the internment in concentration camps of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II."
- Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

"Eloquent and poignant, And Justice for All brings to life the tragedy of the Japanese American internment for generations to come."
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye

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Background on John Tateishi

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"John Tateishi, who was interned at Manzanar at age three, served from 1978 to 1986 as the chairman of the National Redress Committee for the Japanese American Citizens League. He heads a management and public affairs consulting firm in San Francisco.

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JOHN TATEISHI was born in Los Angeles in 1939. At the age of three he was evacuated with his family to the Manzanar internment camp, where he remained until 1945. He studied English literature at the University of California at Berkeley and did his graduate work at the University of California, Davis. In 1976 he became involved in the Japanese American Citizens League redress movement and from 1978 to 1986 served as chairman of the JACL's National Redress Committee. Currently, Mr. Tateishi is the CEO of Tateishi/Shinoda and Associates, a management and public affairs consulting firm in Los Angles.

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