Election results, redress and the Nikkei vote, November 1984
The Pacific Citizen led with the Nov. 6 elections and what they meant for Asian Americans. Reps. Robert Matsui and…
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Inouye on the 1984 campaign trail, and the 442nd RCT remembered
Sen. Daniel Inouye campaigned in Los Angeles for the Mondale-Ferraro ticket five days before the 1984 presidential election, and the…
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The 1984 election and Asian Pacific voters, with redress on the ballot
The 1984 election ran through this issue. The front page followed campaign stops: Sen. Ted Kennedy before Asian Pacific Democrats…
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Radiation survivors, anti-Asian violence and a JACL election season
The front page carried the First Radiation Survivors Congress in San Francisco, where Brenda Paik Sunoo of East West reported…
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Prop. 38 and bilingual ballots, plus a JACL brief in the NCJAR suit
California’s Proposition 38 led the front page. Former senator S.I. Hayakawa backed the measure, which would put the state on…
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Redress bills die with the 98th Congress, and Manzanar is nominated
The Pacific Citizen reported that redress bills HR 4110 and S 2116 died as the 98th Congress ended, after gaining…
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Redress backed by California attorneys and the New York assembly
Redress led the front page. The State Bar of California Conference of Delegates passed two resolutions supporting monetary compensation for…
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Redress hearings, the Vincent Chin sentencing and a post-convention JACL
The front page carried the sentencing of Ronald Ebens to 25 years in prison for violating Vincent Chin’s civil rights,…
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Redress hearings on HR 4110 and a principal praised by President Reagan
A Sansei principal and the redress debate shared the front page. Jon Takasugi reported on Francis Nakano, whose work at…
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Los Angeles pays and apologizes to Japanese American city workers fired in 1942
The front page carried a Los Angeles ceremony on Sept. 5 at City Hall, where 22 recipients received $5,000 checks…
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Redress hearing testimony and the 1984 Republican convention
The Senate redress hearing in Los Angeles ran through this issue. Former internees, including George Takei, Kiyoshi Sonoda and Mary…
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Redress goes before the Senate: the Aug. 16 hearing
Redress was the main story of this 12-page issue. J.K. Yamamoto reported on the Aug. 16 Senate hearing, where Rep.…
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Senate redress hearing and the JACL convention in Honolulu
The Senate hearing on redress bill S 2116, held Aug. 16 in Los Angeles, led this issue. J.K. Yamamoto reported…
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The American Bar Assn. and redress, plus the 1984 Olympics
The front page reported that the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates passed a resolution urging Congress to give legislative…
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The Hiroshima Peace Flame comes to Los Angeles, and JACL heads to Honolulu
The Hiroshima Peace Flame led the front page. A-bomb survivor Kenichi Yasui brought the flame to Los Angeles during the…
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Sixteen Candles protests, Fujiyoshi’s trial and the JACL scholarship winners
Asian American reaction to the film “Sixteen Candles” ran through this issue. J.K. Yamamoto reported on community representatives meeting Universal…
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Asian Democrats and redress at the 1984 convention, plus women’s concerns
The Pacific Citizen opened this issue at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. The front page reported that…
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Redress hearings in Washington and a JACL convention ahead in Hawaii
The front page covered the June 27 House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on redress legislation. Nisei Farmers League president Harry Kubo…