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Letter from President George H. W. Bush to former incarcerated people, 1990

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Letter from President George H. W. Bush to former incarcerated people, 1990

After decades of work by Japanese Americans, the United States government finally acknowledged its wrongdoing. Former incarcerated people received a letter like this one and some monetary compensation.

Courtesy of the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society