September 17, 1987 - Japanese Compensation - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

during World War II. After the Japanese bombed the American naval fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, the American government and military became concerned about the loyalties of its Japanese citizens and residents. By early 1942 approximately 120,000 persons of Japanese descent were moved from the states of California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to internment camps away from the coast. By early 1945 Japanese Americans were allowed to go back to their lives, and most did. However, the calls for reparation were loud, even before the war’s end. On September 17, 1987, after years of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Liberties Act, which recognized injustices acted upon Japanese Americans during the second world war. The government established a fund of $1.37 billion to partially compensate Japanese Americans interned during the war. Each of the estimated 66,000 survivors received $20,000, while another $50 million funded education programs that explained to the American public what took place during the war.

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