The dramatic story of how the Japanese American community successfully lobbied Congress and the White House for a law requiring financial compensation for those of their number sent to the camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's not only tells inside story of a ten-year lobbying campaign, including carefully researched individual approach, which changed the mind of Ronald Reagan on the issue, but is an example of how the bill actually became law. Aspects of the process were studied in the story include domestic legislative strategy, the role of the press, the role of grassroots organizations, as well as the structure and nature of the coalition. HKS Case Number 1006.0 "Hide
by Esther Scott, Steve Kelman 30 pages. Publication Date: 01 January 1990. Prod. #: HKS264-PDF-ENG
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