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Grayce Uyehara, fought for interned Japanese-Americans

Grayce Uyehara, 94, who as a retired Philadelphia-area social worker helped lead the national redress movement for Japanese Americans interned during World War II, died Sunday at Virtua Memorial hospital in Mount Holly.

Activist Grayce Uyehara, of Medford, lobbied Congress for reparations for Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during the second World War. (SARAH J. GLOVER / Inquirer File photo)
Activist Grayce Uyehara, of Medford, lobbied Congress for reparations for Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during the second World War. (SARAH J. GLOVER / Inquirer File photo)Read more
    by Jeff Gammage, Inquirer Staff Writer
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