Official Resolution Proclaiming Equal Rights for Japanese Americans, Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

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[Japanese American] [WWII] Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Resolution Proclaiming Equal Rights for Japanese Americans. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, May 1, 1984. One page printed resolution on official county letterhead with printed signatures by Supervisors of the 1st-5th district. Measures 11" x 19.5".

Adopted forty-two years after the signing of Executive Order 9066, this resolution formally acknowledges the “grave injustice” committed against persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. It opens by referencing the past: "Whereas, during the early days of World War II, 120,000 Americans of Japanese Descent on he West Coast were by force removed from their homes under armed guards of the United States and incarcerated in detention camps, despite the fact there was not a single documented act of espionage..." It concludes by proclaiming that “the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles go on record for strong protection of the civil rights of all Americans, regardless of race, religion, creed or country of origin” and that the suffering endured by Japanese Americans must never be repeated.

Issued in the midst of the national Japanese American redress movement and four years before the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, this proclamation demonstrates local government alignment with a growing nationwide call for acknowledgment, apology, and reparations. As such, it stands as both a symbolic and political milestone, situating Los Angeles County, home to one of the largest Japanese American communities in the U.S, within the broader arc of postwar civil rights advocacy. Light edgewear and minor creasing from handling. Overall very good condition. A scarce official municipal acknowledgment of Japanese American wartime mistreatment, issued during the final phase of the successful fight for redress.

Item #22511

Price: $385.00