Japanese Internment, Protest Remembered with Medal of Freedom Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email September 22, 1981: Activist Minoru Yasui sits behind an office desk piled high with papers. ( Dave Buresh/The Denver Post / Getty ) Produced by Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC