{{Short description|American lawyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Dale Minami | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|13}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] | education = [[University of Southern California]]<br />[[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] | occupation = Attorney | known_for = Led the legal team overturning ''[[Korematsu vs. United States]]'' | spouse = Sandra Ai Mori | awards = [[ABA Medal]] in 2019<br /> ''[[#Awards|see list of awards]]'' | website = https://www.minamitamaki.com/ }} '''Dale Minami''' (born October 13, 1946) is a prominent [[Japanese Americans|Japanese American]] civil rights and personal injury lawyer based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He is best known for his work leading the legal team that overturned the conviction of [[Fred Korematsu]], whose defiance of the [[internment of Japanese Americans|incarceration of Japanese Americans]] during [[World War II]] led to ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]'', which is widely considered one of the worst and most racist [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] decisions in [[History of the United States|American history]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dale Minami|url=https://advancingjustice-aajc.org/bio/dale-minami|access-date=2021-04-16|website=advancingjustice-aajc.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dale Minami, Minami Tamaki LLP: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/17402516|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-03|title=Dale Minami to receive 2019 American Bar Association Medal|url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2019/07/dale-minami-to-receive-2019-american-bar-association-medal/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Northwest Asian Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref>
In addition to his civil rights work, Minami has been recognized as one of the top personal injury attorneys in the United States. He was named a top ten personal injury lawyers in Northern California in each year from 2013 through 2018 by Law & Politics Magazine. He is regularly ranked as a top "[[Thomson Reuters|Super Lawyer]]" and regularly recognized as a "Best Lawyer" by the eponymous peer-reviewed publication.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Dale Minami - San Francisco, CA - Lawyer {{!}} Best Lawyers |url=https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/dale-minami/161368 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.bestlawyers.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Minami was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], on October 13, 1946, to [[Nisei]] parents who were victims of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. He grew up in Gardena, a suburb south of the city of Los Angeles. He graduated from [[Gardena High School]] where he was active as student body president and played varsity basketball and baseball.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Minami |first=Dale |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Dale Minami discusses his life of fighting injustice |url=https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a-life-of-fighting-injustice |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=ABA Journal |publisher=[[American Bar Association]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=William |title=The Producer: PI Practitioner and Activist Goes Behind The Camera for Latest Deals |work=San Francisco Daily Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=el arador (Gardena High School Yearbook) |publisher=Gardena High School |year=1964 |pages=20–21, 114, 126}}</ref>
He attended the [[University of Southern California]] magna cum laude and [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1968. He received his [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1971 from [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zia |first=Helen |title=Notable Asian Americans |date=1995 |publisher=Gale Research |others=Helen Zia, Susan B. Gall |isbn=0-8103-9623-8 |editor-last=Gall |editor-first=Susan |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=258 |oclc=31170596}}</ref>
==Civil rights work==
In the early 1980s, Minami helped lead a legal team of [[pro bono]] attorneys in successfully reopening ''[[Korematsu v. United States]],'' a landmark United States Supreme Court Case in 1944 which upheld [[Fred Korematsu]]’s conviction for refusing military orders aimed at the [[Internment of Japanese Americans|incarceration of Japanese Americans]] resulting in the imprisonment of 125,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, 2/3 of whom were American citizens. They were denied notice of any charges, the right to a trial and the right to attorneys. The later lawsuit resulted in the erasure of Fred Korematsu's criminal conviction.<ref>US District Court, Northern District of California. ''Fred Korematsu vs. United States''. C83-0277, Jan 19, 1983.</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mullich |first=Joe |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Trying History |url=https://www.superlawyers.com/articles/california/trying-history/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Super Lawyers |language=en}}</ref>
He was also involved in numerous legal cases and issues promoting the [[Civil rights movement|civil rights]] of [[Asian Pacific American]]s.<ref name=":0">Lorraine K. Bannai & Dale Minami, ''Internment during World War II and Litigations'', in Asian Americans and the Supreme Court: A Documentary History 755-88 (H. Kim, ed. Greenwood Press 1992).</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Minami |first=Dale |date=2004 |title=Japanese-American Redress |url=https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1119206/files/fulltext.pdf |journal=African-American Law & Policy Report |volume=VI |issue=27 |pages=27–34}}</ref> Among the cases were United Filipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield which was the first employment [[class action lawsuit]] brought by Asian-Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian-Pacific Americans. The case resulted in a settlement for promotions to Asian Americans, programs to accelerate promotions and a community monitoring organization. Spokane JACL v. Washington State University was a class action to establish an [[Asian American Studies]] program at [[Washington State University]] which resulted in a settlement to establish an Asian American Studies program at the university.[13].<ref>US District Court, Eastern District of Washington. Spokane JACL vs. Washington State University. C-78-261, Feb 2, 1984.</ref>
Minami also represented a UCLA professor, Don Nakanish, in several grievance claims against UCLA for unfair and discriminatory decisions initially resulting in the denial of tenure. After several successful grievances and a prolonged struggle that became a cause célèbre in the Asian American community, the university granted tenure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-12-20 |title=Tempest Over Tenure at UCLA : Professor's Fight for Permanent Position Raises Racial Issue |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-20-me-634-story.html |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gordon |first=Larry |date=December 20, 1988 |title=Tempest Over Tenure at UCLA : Professor's Fight for Permanent Position Raises Racial Issue |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-26-mn-724-story.html}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Minami |first=Dale |date=2009-01-01 |title=Guerrilla War at UCLA: Political and Legal Dimensions of the Tenure Battle |url=https://doi.org/10.17953/amer.35.3.g627104m5w4337u7 |journal=Amerasia Journal |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=142–166 |doi=10.17953/amer.35.3.g627104m5w4337u7 |s2cid=218510041 |issn=0044-7471|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Minami has been involved in the judicial appointment process and in public policy and legislation. He served as a member of the California [[Fair Employment and Housing Commission]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2019 |title=San Francisco attorney Dale Minami accepts ABA Medal, urges keeping faith in "precarious times" |url=https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/08/san-francisco-attorney-dale-minami-accepts-aba-medal--urges-keep/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=www.americanbar.org |publisher=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=February 4, 1997 |title=S.F. Attorney Receives ABA Award |work=[[Rafu Shimpo]] |issue=28101 |publication-place=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> He chaired the [[California Attorney General]]'s Asian Pacific Advisory Committee where he grew the committee's mandate to more assertively advocate for Asian American communities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bay |first=Monica |date=December 18, 1987 |title=Asian Leader Vows to Surpass Van de Kamp's Initial Mandate |edition=246 |work=The Recorder}}</ref> He has also been a Commissioner on the [[California State Bar Association]]’s Commission on Judicial Nominee's Evaluation and Senator [[Barbara Boxer]]'s Judicial Screening Committee.<ref name=":4" />
In 1996, he was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] as chair of the board for the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund in 1996. The board which administered grants created by the [[Civil Liberties Act of 1988]] to educate the public about the incarceration of Japanese Americans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1996 |title=Civil Liberties Public Education Fund board details its grant program |work=[[Pacific Citizen]] |publisher=[[Japanese Americans Citizens League]] |url=https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.123_%2306_Sep_20_1996.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nakao |first=Annie |date=March 8, 1999 |title=Interned Japanese: Money worth the wait |work=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Interned-Japanese-Money-worth-the-wait-3131994.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Minami |first=Dale |date=December 1997 |title=Giving and receiving: A Reflection on the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund |pages=64 |work=[[Pacific Citizen]] |publisher=[[Japanese American Citizens League]] |url=https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.125_%2311_Dec_00_1997.pdf}}</ref>
Minami is a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus, first Asian American public interest/community supporting Asian Americans in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schibsted |first=Yvonne |date=July 1992 |title=A Caucus for Celebration: Asian Law Group Notes 20 Years – And Challenges For The Future |work=Daily Journal}}</ref> He also cofounded the Asian-American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian Pacific Bar of California and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans.<ref name=":9" />
==Practice==
Minami's [[San Francisco]]-based [[law firm]], Minami Tamaki LLP, specializes in [[personal injury]], [[Immigration law in the United States|immigration]], [[consumer protection]] and [[United States labor law|employment]] law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Minami-Tamaki |url=https://www.minamitamaki.com/about/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Minami Tamaki LLP |language=en-US}}</ref> Mr. Minami has been recognized as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the Bay Area. He was selected one of the Top Ten personal injury lawyers in Northern California in each year from 2013 through 2018 by Law & Politics Magazine, one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers for Northern California in 2005, 2007 through 2019 and a Super Lawyer for each year from 2004 through 2019 in the Personal Injury category. He is regularly recognized as a "Best Lawyer" in the United States by the eponymous peer-reviewed publication.<ref name=":8" />
Clients have included [[Kristi Yamaguchi]], [[Philip Kan Gotanda]], and [[Steven Okazaki]]. He is counsel to several community organizations, including the [[Center for Asian American Media]] (formerly NAATA), and the [[Asian American Journalists Association]].
== Awards == Minami has received numerous awards. These include the American Bar Association's 2003 Thurgood Marshall Award and its ABA Medal in 2019, the highest award given by the association.<ref name=":3" /> In 2008, [[UC Berkeley School of Law]] awarded Minami its Citation Award, its highest honor.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=July 2019 |title=Legendary attorney to receive ABA's highest honor |url=https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/youraba/2019/july-2019/legendary-attorney-to-receive-abas-highest-honor-/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.americanbar.org |publisher=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref> In 2003, he received the [[ACLU]] Civil Liberties Award and the State Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award. A public interest fellowship has been named for him at UC Berkeley Law.
In 1993, students at the [[University of California at Santa Cruz]] voted to honor Dale Minami as one of the top-two vote getters alongside [[Liliʻuokalani|Queen Liliʻuokalani]] when voting on name preferences for what is now the Liliʻuokalani-Minami block at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Multicultural Theme Housing |url=https://oakes.ucsc.edu/residential-life/theme-housing.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=oakes.ucsc.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yen |first=Diane |date=July 16, 1993 |title=Liliuokalani-Minami Block: UC-Santa Cruz Students Honor 2 Fighters |pages=A-7 |work=[[Hawaii Tribune-Herald]]}}</ref>
He received honorary juris doctor degrees from the [[McGeorge School of Law]] in 1995 and the [[University of San Francisco School of Law]] in 2010.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=June 5, 1995 |title=UOP Honors Two Nikkei Civil Rights Figures |pages=1 |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]] |issue=13377}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=February 12, 1997 |title=Nikkei Lawyer Receives ABA's Spirit of Excellence Award |pages=1 |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Graduating Class Praised for Spirit, Passion, Drive {{!}} University of San Francisco |url=https://www.usfca.edu/news/graduating-class-praised-spirit-passion-drive |access-date=2022-11-10 |website= |publisher=[[University of San Francisco School of Law]]}}</ref>
=== Partial list of awards === * Honorary Juris Doctor, [[McGeorge School of Law|University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law]], 1995<ref name=":10" /> * Boalt Hall Distinguished Service Award, [[UC Berkeley School of Law|Berkeley Law Alumni Association]], 1996<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 16, 1996 |title=Boalt Hall Alumni Recognize Minami |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref> * Spirit of Excellence Award, [[American Bar Association]], 1997<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=A. B. A. |title=Dale Minami will receive this year's ABA Medal for his civil rights work |url=https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/dale-minami-to-receive-aba-medal-at-the-2019-annual-meeting-in-san-francisco |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=ABA Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2018 |title=American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Awards |url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/diversitycenter/spiritexawd18-1-8-18.pdf |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.americanbar.org}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> * Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Award, [[KQED (TV)|KQED]], 1998<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yamamoto |first=J.K. |title=KQED Honors 8 Bay Area APA Community Leaders |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref> * America's Top 50 Bachelors, [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]], 2001<ref name=":13" /> * Matthew O. Tobriner Public Service Award, Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center, 2002<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 14, 2002 |title=Attorney Minami to Receive Award from Legal Aid Society |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 24, 2020 |title=NOW Is The Moment: 2020 Annual Event Program Book |url=https://legalaidatwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Legal-Aid-at-Work-NOW-is-the-Moment-2020-program-book.pdf |journal= |publisher=Legal Aid At Work}}</ref> * Thurgood Marshall Award, [[American Bar Association]], 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thurgood Marshall Award Past Recipients |url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/awards/crsj-thurgood-marshall-award/past_recipients_list/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.americanbar.org |publisher=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> * Civil Liberties Award, [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU of Northern California]], 2003<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2003 |title=ACLU of No. Calif. to Honor Attorneys Minami, Tamaki for Work on Korematsu Case |pages=1 |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref> * Legal Impact Award, Asian Law Alliance (San Jose), 2006<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 7, 2006 |title=Law Alliance to Present Award to Attorney Minami |pages=1 |work=[[Hokubei Mainichi]]}}</ref> * Vision Award, [[Japanese American Citizens League]] National Youth Council, 2007<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lin |first=Linda |date=July 19, 2007 |title=JACL Youth Honor Attorney Dale Minami with Vision Award |pages=1, 11 |work=[[Pacific Citizen]] |publisher=[[Japanese American Citizens League]] |url=https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.145_%2301_Jul_06_2007.pdf}}</ref> * Citation Award, [[UC Berkeley School of Law]], 2008<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 9, 2008 |title=Berkeley Law Bestows Highest Honor on Attorney Dale Minami |pages=19 |work=[[AsianWeek]]}}</ref> * Justice in Action Award, [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]], 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-11 |title=Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn, Sandra Leung and Dale Minami to Receive 2009 Justice in Action Awards at AALDEF 35th Anniversary Celebration |url=https://www.aaldef.org/press-release/nicholas-d-kristof-sheryl-wudunn-sandra-leung-and-dale-minami-to-receive-2009-justice-in-action-awar-2/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=AALDEF |language=en}}</ref> * Honorary Juris Doctor, [[University of San Francisco School of Law]], 2010<ref name=":11" /> * Silver Spur Award, [[SPUR (San Francisco organization)|SPUR]], 2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2 - IN RECOGNITION OF DALE MINAMI |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2012-pt2/html/CRECB-2012-pt2-Pg2418-5.htm |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref> * Inaugural From Roots to Branches Award, [[University of Southern California|USC Asian Pacific Islander Students]], 2012<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hirano Culross |first1=Mikey |last2=Muranaka |first2=Gwen |date=April 14, 2012 |title=USC APASS Celebrates 30th Anniversary |pages=1, 4 |work=[[Rafu Shimpo]] |url=https://rafu.com/2012/04/usc-apass-celebrates-30th-anniversary/}}</ref> * ABA Medal, [[American Bar Association]], 2019<ref name=":6" /> * Inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Lifetime Achievement Award, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-05-20 |title=Dale Minami Receives Mineta Lifetime Achievement Award from APAICS |url=http://rafu.com/2021/05/dale-minami-receives-mineta-lifetime-achievement-award-from-apaics/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Rafu Shimpo |language=en-US}}</ref> * Yuri Kochiyama Honorary Visionary Award, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Law Caucus 50th Anniversary Gala: "Tomorrow's World is Ours to Build" |url=https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/news-resources/news/alc50-gala |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.advancingjustice-alc.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Other activities == Minami was co-executive producer with [[Philip Kan Gotanda]] of ''Drinking Tea'' and ''Life Tastes Good'', both of which were screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dale Minami |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590904/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Philip Kan Gotanda (Chronicler of the Asian American Experience) |url=https://usasians-articles.tripod.com/philip-kan-gotanda.html |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=usasians-articles.tripod.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-18 |title=Dale Minami |url=https://mtykl.org/daleminami/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=MTYKL Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
In 2001, he was selected as one of America's Top 50 Bachelors by [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]].<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title='People's' Sexiest Bachelors |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104091&page=1 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2001 |title=America's 50 Top Bachelors: Dale Minami Lawyer/Activist |work=[[People magazine]]}}</ref>
He is active in Asian American community organizations and has served on the board of governors for the [[Japanese American National Museum]].<ref name=":9" /> He has been a lecturer at [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] and an instructor at [[Mills College at Northeastern University|Mills College]].<ref name=":9" />
== Personal life == Minami is married to Sandra Ai Mori. They have two daughters, ages 13 and 15 and a dog of unknown ancestry, Coco. He has two brothers, Dr. Roland Minami and Neil Minami.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
== Publications == ''"Shikata ga nai: Legal Justice and Asian Americans"'', Church and Society, January - February, 1971, 6- 14.<ref>''"Shikata ga nai: Legal Justice and Asian Americans"'', Church and Society, January - February, 1971, 6- 14.</ref>
''"Asian Law Caucus: Experiment Alternatives"'', Vol. 3, No. 1, Amerasia Journal, Summer, 1975.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Minami |first=Dale |date=1975-07-01 |title=Asian Law Caucus: Experiment in an Alternative |url=https://doi.org/10.17953/amer.3.1.2r0971k222251430 |journal=Amerasia Journal |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=28–39 |doi=10.17953/amer.3.1.2r0971k222251430 |issn=0044-7471|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
''"Coram Nobis and Redress:"'' in Japanese Americans, From Relocation to Redress, Edited by Sandra C. Taylor and Harry H.L. Kitano, 1986, p.200-202.<ref>''"Coram Nobis and Redress:"'' in Japanese Americans, From Relocation to Redress, Edited by Sandra C. Taylor and Harry H.L.Kitano, 1986, p.200-202.</ref>
"''Guerrilla War at UCLA: Political and Legal Dimensions of the Tenure Battle"'', Amerasia Journal, Vol 16, Number 1, 1990.<ref name=":2" />
''"Internment During World War II and Litigations"'', Asian Americans and the Supreme Court, edited by Hyung-Chan Kim, 1992, pp. 755-789.<ref name=":0" />
''Perspectives on Affirmative Action,'' contributor of an article, Common Ground, 1995, p. 11.<ref>''Perspectives on Affirmative Action'', contributor of an article, Common Ground, 1995, p. 11.</ref>
''Korematsu v. United States: A “Constant Caution” in a Time of Crisis'', Asian Law Journal, Vol. 10, Number 1, May, 2003.<ref>''[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/532b50ebe4b08e1b0a177e84/t/61f4360f3d2a6053c9894f75/1643394576594/Korematsu+v.+United+States-+A+Constant+Caution+in+a+Time+of+Crisi.pdf Korematsu v. United States: A “Constant Caution” in a Time of Crisis]'', Asian Law Journal, Vol. 10, Number 1, May, 2003.</ref>
''Japanese American Redress'', African-American Law & Policy Report, Vol. 6, Number 1, 2004.<ref name=":1" />
''“One Man Seeks Justice from a Nation: Korematsu v. United States”'', Untold Civil Rights Stories: Asian Americans Speak out for Justice, 2009, Eric Yamamoto, Dale Minami and May Lee Heye.<ref>''“One Man Seeks Justice from a Nation: Korematsu v. United States”'', Untold Civil Rights Stories: Asian Americans Speak out for Justice, 2009, Eric Yamamoto, Dale Minami and May Lee Heye.</ref>
''“A Chance of a Lifetime"'', Pacific Citizen, December, 2008.<ref>''“A Chance of a Lifetime"'', Pacific Citizen, December, 2008.</ref>
Echoes of History – 1942 – 1983 – 2017: From the Incarceration of Japanese Americans to the Travel Ban, Contra Costa Bar Journal October 1, 2017<ref>Echoes of History – 1942 – 1983 – 2017: From the Incarceration of Japanese Americans to the Travel Ban, Contra Costa Bar Journal October 1, 2017</ref>
Echo of History Resounds Today, Hawaii Herald, February 17, 2017<ref>Echo of History Resounds Today, Hawaii Herald, February 17, 2017</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.minamitamaki.com/attorneys/daleminami/ minamitamaki.com] - official biography on law firm site *{{cite web| title=Densho interview links: Dale Minami| url=https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/134/| access-date=2021-06-13}}
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