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(Editors note: The redress was for Japanese American employees of the City and County of San Francisco who lost their jobs due to forced removal.she was the first woman to lead the Senate Intelligence Committee and was the first woman to serve as the Judiciary Committees top Democrat.

She was a trailblazer who understood the importance of righting historical wrongs and connecting those unjust incidents of the past to racial hate and prejudice of the present to prevent further anti-Asian incidents from occurring.As mayor of San Francisco she signed legislation giving redress to incarcerated Japanese Americans – one of the first U.In May 2020 she and her colleagues in the Senate urged the Department of Justices Civil Rights Division to address the rise in discrimination and hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

and regularly worked with Republicans to seek middle ground.The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of U.

Feinstein fought with conviction and compassion for civil rights and civil liberties for all Americans.

Senate action apologizing for the Chinese Exclusion Act.She maintained a lush garden that included a flowering cherry tree.

including other paras and teachers.and she continued to cheer for them throughout the pandemic period.

Rosalind’s life was enriched by her decades-long association with the Frank McCoppin Elementary School community.her family was locked in their unit by six other incarcerees opposed to the Japanese American Citizens League’s (JACL) pro-U.