Contact sheet of negatives by George Wakiji documenting the United States Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Hearings in Washington, D.C. Name stamp of George Wakiji on back; an address label (George M. Wakiji/5820 Iron Willow Court/ Alexandra, VA 22310) affixed to back covering another, perhaps previous address. Photo label of those depicted affixed on reverse.
The CWRIC was a bipartisan commission formed by President Jimmy Carter to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding Executive Order 9066 (EO 9066) and the incarceration of American citizens, as well as the mistreatment of the Alaskan natives of the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands. The following contact sheet documents the hearing held on July, 14 1981 and on July 16, 1981. It features members of commission and captures the testimonies from a number of figures associated with the legal challenges to Japanese American incarceration. Former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas is features, as well as Gordon Hirabayashi and Min Yasui. Both Hirabayashi and Yasui were plaintiffs in two Supreme Court cases.
The people in the highlighted cells are as follows:
23 Tsujimura, Tateishi, Yasui
34 Mike Masaoka