William Hohri papers 1937-1988 (bulk 1942-1946 and 1981-1983)

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William Hohri papers 1937-1988 (bulk 1942-1946 and 1981-1983)

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William Hohri, was one of the leading contributors of the Japanese American redress and reparations efforts during the 1980's. Serving as chairman of the National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR), he sought redress through the courts. This collection consists of personal correspondences, NCJAR administrative records, speeches, concentration camp materials, government publications, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) transcripts, court cases, and photographs.

Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Hohri, William Minoru, 1927-2010

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Biography / Administrative History William Hohri, the youngest of six children, was born in 1927 in San Francisco, California to Issei parents. His mother, a picture bride, and his father, a Christian missionary, immigrated in the United States in 1922. At the age of three, they fell ill with tuberculosis and Hohri and two siblings were sent to Shonien, an orphanage formerly located in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Hohri remain...

National Council for Japanese American Redress.

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