Resisters ceremony debate and the 60th anniversary of the removal orders
A dispute over the JACL’s planned ceremony for World War II draft resisters ran through this issue. Letters from T.…
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Redress hearings, the Okubo clinic and a Coulter column on Mineta
A new medical and dental clinic at Fort Lewis, Wash., named for James K. Okubo, opened this issue. Gen. Eric…
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Learning from the incarceration after 9-11: Day of Remembrance 2002
Day of Remembrance events led this issue, marking 60 years since Executive Order 9066. Tracy Uba reported on a UCLA…
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JACL dues increase passes 58 to 31, plus the 2002 Winter Olympics
JACL’s dues increase was the lead story of this 12-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that chapters ratified it by 58…
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Resisters ceremony delayed and the 60th Day of Remembrance
JACL’s plan for a public ceremony honoring the World War II Nisei resisters of conscience was postponed indefinitely, with May…
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JACL’s apology to WWII draft resisters and a look back at 2001
A planned JACL apology to the World War II draft resisters drew the sharpest debate in the January 18, 2002…
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The 2001 holiday issue: the Japanese American family
Family was the theme of the 120-page 2001 holiday issue, and writers took it in many directions. Celia Tower told…
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After Sept. 11: civil rights, hate crimes and JACL’s finances
Civil rights after the Sept. 11 attacks ran through this issue. Twenty-seven Dayton, Ohio, organizations, including the Dayton JACL, endorsed…
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After Sept. 11: war hysteria, the media and Japanese American memory
The aftermath of Sept. 11 shaped much of this 12-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported on a roundtable at the Japanese…
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After Sept. 11: Standing with Arab and Muslim Americans
Japanese Americans responded to the aftermath of Sept. 11 by speaking up for their Arab and Muslim neighbors. Martha Nakagawa…
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After Sept. 11: hate crimes, civil liberties and the JA memory of 1942
The Sept. 11 attacks shaped nearly every page of this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported on a wave of hate…
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After Sept. 11: eyewitness accounts and fears of backlash
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 filled this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa gathered accounts from Japanese Americans in New York…
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Comedy, a racial slur and the JACL board’s tough summer meeting
A joke using a racial slur against Chinese people drew the most attention in this eight-page issue. Tracy Uba reported…
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Concerns over ‘Banzai’ and a Nikkei gathering in New York
JACL and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans raised concerns with USA Network executives over ‘Banzai,’ a British import…
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Italian American and Japanese American wartime parallels, and JACL youth
A forum in Los Angeles that compared the World War II experiences of Italian Americans and Japanese Americans led the…
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A memorial opens, and old wartime resolutions come undone
Remembrance of the World War II years ran through this eight-page issue. The front page showed the ribbon-cutting for the…
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Nisei resisters, teaching the JA story, and the Racial Privacy Initiative
Nisei draft resisters and the effort to bring the Japanese American story into classrooms shaped this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa…
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Preserving Japantowns, and a JACL budget crisis: June 2001
California’s effort to preserve its three remaining Japantowns led the news. Martha Nakagawa reported that SB 307 passed the state…