Asian American political clout and the ‘Nannygate’ debate
Asian American political influence was the main subject of this eight-page issue. Gwen Muranaka reported on a Feb. 11 roundtable…
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Racial slurs in Spokane and baseball, and the gay ban debate
Racial slurs in public life drew the most attention in this eight-page issue. Gwen Muranaka reported on the unresolved case…
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Gays in the military, Thurgood Marshall and civil rights
Civil rights ran through this eight-page issue. Gwen Muranaka reported on President Clinton’s move to lift the ban on gays…
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Thurgood Marshall’s death, a Hawaii apology and race relations in 1993
A Hawaii legislator’s planned apology to Sen. Daniel Inouye led the news, but much of the issue turned to civil…
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Doris Matsui joins Clinton White House staff, and a Texas road-name fight
Doris Matsui’s appointment to President-elect Bill Clinton’s White House staff led the news. She was named deputy assistant to the…
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Janice Ugaki’s Rhodes scholarship and a farewell to Henry Gosho
Janice Ugaki of Blackfoot, Idaho, won a Rhodes scholarship and will begin studies at Oxford in the fall. Gwen Muranaka’s…
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Past JACL presidents look back, and the New Year begins
Looking back at JACL’s leadership was the main subject of this New Year’s issue. Past national presidents Hank Tanaka, James…
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The 1992 holiday issue: Women in JACL and a look back at the presidents
Women in JACL was the cover story of this 144-page holiday issue. Gwen Muranaka’s long feature traced the sexism women…
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Marge Schott’s slur: JACL calls for her resignation
JACL’s response to Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott led the news. Schott told national director Dennis Hayashi and midwest director…
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Bruce Yamashita’s Naval board hearing and news from JACL chapters
Bruce Yamashita’s appeal before a Naval Discharge Review Board was the main story of this 8-page issue. Gwen Muranaka reported…
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Fox revises the ‘Fuji’ cartoon, and the Bruce Yamashita case
Fox’s decision to revise Fuji, the cartoon character on the “Super Dave Show,” led the issue after complaints that the…
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The 1992 elections: how Asian Americans fared at the polls
The Nov. 3 general election dominated this 12-page issue. Harry K. Honda reported on Jay C. Kim’s win as the…
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JACL restructuring debate and a World War II memorial in Washington
The Phoenix Team, a committee from the Pacific Southwest District, reported on what chapters thought of the Select Committee’s restructuring…
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Verdict in the Luyen Phan Nguyen case and a new JACL board
A Florida jury’s verdict led this eight-page issue. After four hours of deliberation, jurors found Bradley Mills guilty of second-degree…
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Asian Americans and the 1992 presidential candidates
JACL put its questions to the three presidential candidates, and the answers filled the front page. George Bush, Bill Clinton…
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Poston memorial dedicated, and a trial set in a Vietnamese student’s death
Nearly 2,000 people gathered in the Arizona desert to dedicate a memorial monument at Poston, honoring those held there during…
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JACL protests a slur on television, and redress lawsuits
JACL objected to a racial slur on the CBS show Northern Exposure, sending a letter to the producers and asking…
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Redress completed: the 1992 amendments and the work behind them
Redress filled the front page and much of the inside. President Bush signed the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992,…