Think reparations are impossible? The story of Japanese Americans proves otherwise

Four decades after their incarceration in the second world war, survivors received redress. Now veterans of the movement are fighting for reparations for Black Americans

Kay Ochi still remembers the small, brown envelope her family received from the US Department of Justice more than 30 years ago.

It looked like any other piece of official government mail, with a Washington DC postmark. But inside was a printed letter, signed by President George HW Bush - and two checks for $20,000, one for each of her parents.