Fairness, justice, and equal opportunity are the principles at the heart of Capt. Yamashita's experience. In the United States, there are hundreds of organizations dedicated to upholding and protecting those principles, and advancing the cause of civil rights and civil liberties nationwide. Following are selected organizations, most of whom supported Capt. Yamashita in his strugge for justice, with links to their websites.

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
http://www.civilrights.org/index.html
civilrights.org is a collaboration of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Its mission: to serve as the site of record for relevant and up-to-the minute civil rights news and information. civilrights.org is committed to serving as the online nerve center not only for the struggle against discrimination in all its forms, but also to build the public understanding that it is essential for our nation to continue its journey toward social and economic justice.

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty. We work daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Civil Rights Project
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu
The Civil Rights Project (CRP) is a leading organization devoted to civil rights research. Our mission is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, and by becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within that movement.

Japanese American Citizens League
http://jacl.org
The Japanese American Citizens League, the nation's oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, was founded in 1929 to address issues of discrimination targeted specifically at persons of Japanese ancestry residing in the United States. The JACL's founding mission was focused on protecting the civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry; as the nation's oldest Asian American civil and human rights organization, the JACL today dedicates itself to preserving the rights and well-being of all Asian Americans and others who fall victim to social injustice in the United States.Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress
http://www.ncrr-la.org
A community organization committed to educating the public about the wartime injustices perpetrated on Japanese Americans by the U.S. government as well as supporting similar campaigns against injustice today. NCRR was founded in 1980 by Nikkei (Japanese Americans) from across the country. They held the firm belief that our community had to come together to fight for proper redress for what our government did to Nikkei during World War II.

National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
http://www.napalc.org
Founded in 1991, the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium works to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans through advocacy, public policy, public education, and litigation. NAPALC is one of the nation's leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, and voting rights.

Southern Povery Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org
The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups. Throughout its history, the Center has worked to make the nation's Constitutional ideals a reality. Tolerance.org is an online destination for those wanting to dismantle bigotry and promote diversity in their communities and offers a wide variety of resources to support anti-bias activism.

Asian American Journalists Association
http://www.aaja.org
Founded in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a non-profit professional and educational organization with more than 2,300 members today. AAJA serves Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by encouraging young people to consider journalism as a career, developing managers in the media industry, and promoting fair and accurate news coverage. AAJA is an alliance partner in UNITY Journalists of Color, along with the Native American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Black Journalists.