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 16, 1981 inside the Senate Caucus Building, room 318 in the Russell Senate Office Building. It features members of commission and captures the testimonies from Mike Masaoka and William Hohri. Mike Masaoka was a prominent Japanese American activist who held leadership positions at the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). William Hohri served as the lead plaintiff on the National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) class action lawsuit. He was also an important figure in the redress movement.
The people in the highlighted cells are as follows:
36A Sasha Hohri, Nakano