Redress: Tips on Spreading the Word

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Redress: Tips on Spreading the Word

Memo by Sumiko Kobayashi entitled "Redress: Tips on Spreading the Word."  Sumiko Kobayashi, a second-generation Japanese American, or Nisei, was one of over 120,000 thousand Japanese-Americans evacuated from their homes under the provisions of Executive Order 9066 in 1942.  Written in 1983, this memo includes tips for speaking about the campaign for redress for the hardships that the Japanese endured as a result of their time in the internment camps.