October 9, 1990

resistance

First Redress Payments to Incarcerees

The first redress checks of $20,000, with signed presidential apology letters, were presented to nine of the oldest surviving former incarcerees, beginning payments under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Redress_movement
  2. japaneseamericanredress.org japaneseamericanredress.org/office-of-redress-admin