Join us for a conversation with author John Tateish and Steve Doi as they discuss John’s book “Redress”, the true and untold story of the Japanese American Citizens League’s fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

John Tateishi, born in Los Angeles, was incarcerated from ages three to six at Manzanar, one of America’s ten World War II concentration camps. He studied English Literature at UC Berkeley and attended UC Davis for graduate studies. He played important roles in leading the campaign for Japanese American redress, and, as the director of the Japanese American Citizens League, he used the lessons of the campaign to help ensure that the rights of this nation’s Arab and Muslim communities were protected after 9/11.

Steve Doi is a retired Professor Emeritus from San Jose State University where he taught courses on a variety of Asian American themes such as Asians in America, Japanese American History, America’s Concentration Camps, Asian American Communities and the Law, Asian Americans in U.S. History and Politics.  

Steve was born and raised in Salt Lake City, was drafted in 1978 and has been involved in the Japanese community as a staff attorney for the Asian Law Alliance as well as volunteering for many organizations, including Yu Ai Kai and the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.  He has been involved with the Asian American Studies Association since its inception.  Steve volunteered and drove witnesses from San Jose to San Francisco to the Redress Hearings.  Steve is a member of the JAMsj Board of Directors.

“Redress” is available at Nikkei Traditions (408) 297-7554 and online through Heyday (https://shop.aer.io/heyday) or www.bookshop.org

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