Nisei Veterans Memorial Center presents: John Tateishi
April 17, 2021 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
“An Afternoon with the Author” invites published writers into our virtual homes for enriching conversations.
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center in Hawaii hosts a different author each month to talk about their work, the story behind the story, and their personal journey on the way to having their work published.
Featured authors have ties to the Japanese-American experience, and each author’s work connects individuals with larger truths and ideas about society. Literature is the foundation of humanity’s cultures, beliefs, and traditions.
On April 17th, the Center will feature John Tateishi, author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations. Tateishi will discuss his experience as the leader of the Japanese American Citizens League Redress Committee, as well as the JACL’s fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
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John Tateishi
John Tateishi, born in Los Angeles in 1939, 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 ensure that the rights of this nation's Arab and Muslim communities were protected after 9/11.
