The 1985 holiday issue: Interracial Families
The Pacific Citizen closed 1985 with a 136-page holiday issue built around one subject: interracial families. A special pullout section…
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A West Hollywood hearing on a salon name, and redress bill news
A West Hollywood hair salon called J.A.P.S.S. was the subject of the front page. J.K. Yamamoto reported on a Dec.…
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The Fumiko Kimura sentencing and the push for redress
The front page carried the sentencing of Fumiko Kimura, who drowned her two children in a suicide attempt. Judge Robert…
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Monterey Park’s English-only proposal and the Asian American response
A proposal to make English the official language of Monterey Park, Calif., led the front page, where J.K. Yamamoto reported…
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442nd veteran honored for Dachau, plus Minidoka and the Fountaingrove ranch
The front page carried a 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran, Clarence Matsumura of San Gabriel, honored at a Simon Wiesenthal…
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Hirabayashi’s coram nobis case, redress and mail-order brides
The final briefs in Gordon Hirabayashi’s coram nobis case led the Japanese American incarceration coverage in this 12-page issue. Frank…
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Redress fundraising, the Fujita and Furukawa cases, and the Soh brothers
Redress and the work behind it ran through this 12-page issue. Sen. Spark Matsunaga voiced disappointment with President Reagan’s nominees…
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Racial violence hearings, the Kimura plea and a museum dinner honoring Miyamura
Racial violence and the Fumiko Kimura case led the November 1, 1985 issue. More than 15 individuals and organizations testified…
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Redress, the JACL lobbying fund and Bill Marutani on the camps
The October 25, 1985 issue returned again and again to redress. Representatives of NCRR, NCJAR and JACL gave progress reports…
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Redress lobbying, an Iowa official’s slur and a Honolulu recall
Redress filled much of this eight-page issue. The front page reported that Rep. Charles “Chip” Pashayan became the first California…
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Redress strategy and JACL/LEC funding, plus a Heart Mountain memorial
Redress legislation and how to pay for the push to pass it ran through this issue. The front page reported…
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Redress in court, two California bills and Nisei writers of the 1930s
Redress and the courts led this issue. Attorneys for the National Council for Japanese American Redress and the U.S. government…
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Protest at the JAPSS hair salon, and Rep. Henry Hyde’s backing of redress
The front page of this 12-page issue covered a September 14 protest in West Hollywood, where about 50 people organized…
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Sankaijuku accident, redress and ‘Year of the Dragon’ protests
A fatal accident in Seattle led the front page: Yoshiyuki Takada of the Tokyo dance troupe Sankaijuku fell six stories…
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Redress in the courts and Congress, and Inouye eyes Senate leadership
Senator Daniel Inouye’s possible bid for the Senate’s top Democratic leadership post in 1986 led the front page. Beside it,…
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Redress, a film protest and the Pan American Nikkei convention
The front page carried a mix of Asian American civil rights news. The Chinese American Citizens Alliance endorsed congressional redress…
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Protests against ‘Year of the Dragon’ and a redress push
Asian American groups across the country protested the film ‘Year of the Dragon,’ and the Pacific Citizen made it the…
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki at 40, and a Nisei veterans’ reunion
The front page of this issue was given to the 40th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. J.K.…