JACL priorities, a Fresno installation, and the Pacific Citizen’s future
JACL’s direction and its internal debates ran through this eight-page issue. Grayce Uyehara, keynote speaker at the Central California District…
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The MIS reunion in Washington and Sacramento’s firebombed JACL office
The Military Intelligence Service Language School and the Nisei who trained there ran through this eight-page issue. Harry K. Honda…
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MIS veterans reunion and the 1993 JACL scholarship winners
Military Intelligence Service veterans met in Arlington, Va., and Caucasian MISLS graduates spoke openly about a caste system that gave…
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Redress education fund goes unfunded as the PC dispute divides JACL
Congress left the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund without money in its fiscal year 1994 appropriations, even though President Clinton…
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Sacramento firebombings and the Pacific Citizen controversy
A string of firebombings in Sacramento drew the issue’s front page. The Fair Employment and Housing Department office was hit,…
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Sacramento firebombings and the fight over the PC’s independence
Firebombings in Sacramento and a dispute over the Pacific Citizen’s independence ran through the October 15, 1993 issue. The front…
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A firebombed chapter office and a fight over Pacific Citizen’s independence
The firebombing of the Sacramento Chapter JACL office on Oct. 2 led the news, with Gwen Muranaka reporting on the…
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JACL’s national board removes the Pacific Citizen board chair
The dismissal of Paul Shinkawa as chairperson of the Pacific Citizen board led the news. JACL National President Lillian Kimura…
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The 1993 March on Washington and the Ishibashi verdict
Two stories shared the front page. A San Francisco jury ruled that Jean Ishibashi had been sexually harassed by a…
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Redress eligibility reversed: the September 17, 1993 issue
Redress led the news. JACL applauded the Office of Redress Administration for reversing its position and agreeing to pay Japanese…
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Bob Suzuki cleared at Cal Poly Pomona, and JACL looks to its own future
Cal Poly Pomona President Bob Suzuki was exonerated after a two-and-a-half month inquiry into the hiring of Henry and Jennifer…
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Census changes for 2000, and the Rising Sun debate
Plans for the 2000 Census led this 8-page issue. The Census Bureau announced changes meant to end the undercounts of…
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Investigating the Kuriyama shooting, and redress education funds
JACL asked officials in Concord, Calif., to fully examine possible racial motivation in the shooting death of Japanese exchange student…
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Rising Sun and the March on Washington, 1993
The Rising Sun film and the paper’s own coverage of it filled much of this 12-page issue. Karen Narasaki described…
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Redress eligibility, firebombings and the Rising Sun protests
Redress claims and hate crimes led the news. Japanese American groups met Justice Department officials to press for review of…
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The fight to change a Texas road name, and the Rising Sun debate
Two stories shared the front page of this 12-page issue. In Beaumont, Texas, support grew for Sandra Tanamachi Nakata’s effort…
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JACL presses Clinton on the military ban, and a Texas road-name fight
JACL’s call on President Clinton to hold to his pledge to end the ban on gays in the military led…
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The Hattori case and the fight to rename a Texas road
The killing of Japanese student Yoshiro Hattori led the issue. The Department of Justice answered requests from JACL and the…