OUR TEAM INTERVIEWS JOHN TATEISHI

Recently, the Three Lenses’ team had the opportunity to interview John Tateishi, a former executive of  the Japanese American Citizens League who was incarcerated at Manzanar during WWII.

Mr Tateishi first gained national prominence in 1978 when he launched a national campaign to seek redress for Japanese Americans interned in U.S. detention camps during WWII.

As the National Redress Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Mr. Tateishi crafted the legislative and public affairs strategies of the campaign that successfully culminated in 1988 with an apology from the President and Congress and the payment of monetary redress to the victims of the internment.

Behind The Scenes Look at John Tateishi Interview