Redress moves in Congress, and Nikkei in Canada keep seeking it
Redress was the subject of the June 26, 1987 front page and much of the issue. Karyn K. Lamborn reported…
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Redress hearings, the Hohri ruling and a new Nikkei film
Redress led the news in this eight-page issue. The House Judiciary Committee and a Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee scheduled hearings…
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Redress hearing set, and a Seattle seminar for teachers
Redress ran through the front page and much of the issue. In Seattle, the JACL chapter and the Seattle Public…
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Redress bill gains co-sponsors as the Supreme Court sends NCJAR suit back
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the NCJAR class action lawsuit must go back to the Federal Circuit Court of…
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Tri-District conference, Nakasone’s visit and Inouye on the Constitution
The 11th biennial JACL Tri-District Conference in Los Angeles ran through this eight-page issue. J.K. Yamamoto reported on UC Regent…
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Redress bill advances in the House, and a Smithsonian exhibit previewed
The front page of this May 22, 1987 issue followed two threads: the Smithsonian’s upcoming exhibition on Japanese Americans and…
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Redress bill S. 1009 gains support, and the Vincent Chin verdict
The front page followed the push for redress in the Senate. New Mexico Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman became…
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House hearing on redress bill H.R. 442, and the Vincent Chin verdict
The House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on redress bill H.R. 442 led this issue. The Pacific Citizen reported on the April…
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Redress at the Supreme Court and the second Vincent Chin trial
The Pacific Citizen followed two court cases closely in this May 1, 1987 issue. Karen Kai reported from the U.S.…
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Vincent Chin retrial, UC admissions and the redress bill in 1987
The April 17, 1987 front page led with the April 21 retrial of Ronald Ebens, accused of civil rights violations…
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Radio jokes about Chinese, redress in the Senate, and a JACL staff dispute
A San Diego radio disc jockey’s call-in jokes about Chinese people, and the outrage that followed from local Asian/Pacific Islander…
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Redress bill delays, Asian Pacific students and Los Angeles elections
Redress and elections shared the front page. The Senate redress bill now had 66 co-sponsors, but its introduction and the…
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Redress bill sponsors, Hawaii’s House Speaker, and a Smithsonian exhibit
Redress led the front page. Sen. Spark Matsunaga planned to introduce the Senate redress bill on March 26 with at…
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Redress bills gain Senate sponsors and a House hearing date
Redress legislation led the March 20, 1987 issue. The front page reported that the Senate redress bill, expected to be…
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Asian admissions at UC Berkeley and Gordon Hirabayashi’s appeal
A UC Berkeley report on Asian American admissions led the front page. The university concluded it does not discriminate, but…
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Redress bill sponsors, the Chin retrial and Day of Remembrance events
New co-sponsors for the House and Senate redress bills led the front page, announced by JACL-LEC executive director Grayce Uyehara.…
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Judge Gus Solomon dies; redress and a Day of Remembrance
The front page carried the death of U.S. District Judge Gus Solomon, who died Feb. 15 at age 80. His…
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JACL’s ‘Jpn.’ campaign, hate-crime data and redress bills
A campaign to replace “Jap.” with “Jpn.” as the abbreviation for Japan and Japanese led the front page. Japan’s Prime…