1987 Fighting Spirit Award
	Frank Emi Frank Emi, a native of Southern California, was a successful grocer before World War II.  All was lost when he and his wife and child were forced to move to the concentration camp at Heart Mountain in 1942.  After the U.S. government initiated the draft for camp internees, Frank became a leader of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee.  Frank and the other FP members refused induction into the army during their unconstitutional imprisonment.  He was tried and convicted of fighting the draft and spent 18 months at the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary until his conviction was overturned on appeal.  For his courage in standing up to the government and for his active participation in the redress movement, NCRR awards Frank Emi the Fighting Spirit Award!
	Reverend Paul Nakamura Rev Paul is pastor of the Lutheran Oriental Church in Torrance, CA.  He was a founding member of the Los Angeles Community Coalition on Redress/Reparations, which became the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations.  In his quest to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans he contacted fellow pastors in the Lutheran Church hierarchy and ultimately obtained the national Lutheran Church’s support for reparations.  Rev Nakamura presided over countless meetings and community gatherings and attended marches and pilgrimages.  For his dedication NCRR awards Reverend Paul Nakamura the Fighting Spirit Award!