Pittsburgh shootings and an apology to the Heart Mountain resisters
Racially motivated shootings in suburban Pittsburgh led the news. A gunman killed five people, and JACL leaders including Helen Kawagoe,…
Category: Issue archive
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A Ninja basketball title, the ‘Pearl Harbor’ film and convention plans
Sports and the coming JACL convention shared the front page. Lyndsey Shinoda reported on the sophomore Ninja boys, who took…
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John Tateishi named JACL national director, plus a civil rights report
The national JACL board named John Tateishi as its new national director at the quarterly meeting in San Francisco on…
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Nisei soldiers honored in Italy, and the Wen Ho Lee case
A monument in Pietrasanta, Italy, to be dedicated April 25, Italy’s Liberation Day, honored the Nisei soldiers of the 100th/442nd,…
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Hate e-mail aimed at JACL, plus the Masaoka memorial debate
Hate e-mail sent to JACL offices and chapters was the main news of the issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that anonymous…
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The Masaoka quote on the Japanese American memorial
A decision by the National Park Service to include a quote from Mike Masaoka, JACL’s wartime national director, on the…
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Census Bureau’s WWII role, newspaper sales and Hosokawa’s farewell
Japanese American leaders, including JACL, called on the U.S. Census Bureau to apologize and fully disclose its role in helping…
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Hiroshima, the Masaoka debate and APA exit polls
Asian Pacific American voters and the legacy of Mike Masaoka shared the news in this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported…
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Filipino WWII veterans, a California education bill and a farewell column
Legislation in Sacramento led the news. Assemblyman Gil Cedillo introduced AB 1978 to extend Supplemental Security Income benefits to Filipino…
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The Masaoka inscription dispute at the national memorial
A possible lawsuit over the National Japanese American Memorial wall led this 8-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that board member…
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JACL condemns McCain’s slur; Day of Remembrance and Prop 22
National JACL and other Asian Pacific American groups spoke out against Senator John McCain for using a racial slur for…
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California’s Proposition 22 debate and the 2000 primary campaign
Proposition 22, the California initiative on the March 7 ballot to recognize only marriages between a man and a woman,…
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Earl M. Finch, and plans to preserve the incarceration camps
Earl M. Finch, a Mississippi man who became a one-man USO for Nisei soldiers during WWII, was the subject of…
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The Masaoka quote and the Japanese American Creed on the national memorial
Whether Mike Masaoka’s Japanese American Creed belonged on the national memorial was the main argument in this issue. Letters and…
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Racial profiling at the labs, and the Masaoka memorial debate
An Energy Department investigation found evidence of racial profiling and an atmosphere of distrust toward Asian Americans at nuclear weapons…
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Wen Ho Lee, the Confederate flag and TV diversity: January 2000
Asian American activism around the Wen Ho Lee case ran through this issue. The Associated Press reported that advocates saw…
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Wen Ho Lee’s bail appeal and the debate over the Masaoka quote
The arrest of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee led this issue. Tracy Uba reported that Lee, a former Los Alamos…
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The century’s most influential Japanese Americans
Influential Japanese Americans of the 20th century were the subject of this 20-page issue, which opened the year 2000. Profiles…