Redress hearings in Congress, with Aleut testimony
Redress was the subject of the front page. A House subcommittee heard testimony on HR 4110, and the Pacific Citizen…
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The 1984 JACL presidency race and the push for redress
Two candidates for JACL president, Frank Sato and Minoru Yasui, were the lead story of this 12-page issue, and both…
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Redress hearings in Congress and the Vincent Chin civil rights trial
Redress led the front page. The House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony on HR 4110, including a statement from Rep. Norman…
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Redress gains support, and a Stockton assembly center becomes a state landmark
Redress ran through this issue from the front page on. The Pacific Citizen reported that the congressional Black caucus had…
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Vincent Chin’s killers face a second trial, and redress awaits a White House position
The Vincent Chin case led the front page. Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz faced a second trial in Detroit, this…
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Redress and the Hirabayashi coram nobis case, June 1984
Redress and the Hirabayashi case ran through this 12-page issue. A team of volunteer lawyers prepared for a June 1985…
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Redress editorials and the 1984 Democratic primary
Redress led the front page. The Pacific Citizen reported that newspapers including the L.A. Herald Examiner, the Salt Lake City…
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Jesse Jackson in Little Tokyo and the redress fight in court and Congress
The front page carried Jesse Jackson’s May 17 speech in Little Tokyo, where J.K. Yamamoto reported he addressed a crowd…
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Redress endorsements, scholarships and Boyle Heights history
Redress ran through this issue. The front page reported new endorsements from the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. and…
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Seattle’s redress vote and a bigoted sign in Monterey Park
The front page carried two stories about how Japanese Americans were treated, then and now. In Seattle, the school board…
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Redress, the Manzanar pilgrimage and a White House briefing
The Pacific Citizen’s May 4, 1984 issue returned often to the World War II incarceration (often called internment) and the…
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General Mark Clark’s death and the coram nobis cases, 1984
The front page of this 12-page issue carried Vincent Tajiri’s account of General Mark Clark, who died April 17. It…
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Seattle school clerks, redress and the JACL’s 1984 agenda
Twenty-seven Nisei women forced to resign from their Seattle School District jobs in February 1942 could receive $5,000 each under…
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Redress hearings set, and the passing of Hito Okada
Redress led the front page of this 12-page issue. JACL Washington Representative Ron Ikejiri reported that House and Senate subcommittee…
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The Civil Rights Commission’s hesitation on redress
A U.S. Commission on Civil Rights meeting dominated the front page. Members recommended a formal apology and pardons for Japanese…
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Protests postpone ‘Sanga Moyu’; Yasui appeals his coram nobis case
Protests from the Japanese American community led NHK to postpone the American showing of ‘Sanga Moyu,’ its series about the…
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Super Tuesday, redress hearings and the Sanga Moyu debate
Politics and redress shared the front page. The Pacific Citizen reported on how Hawaii Democrats voted on Super Tuesday, with…
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Redress, Day of Remembrance and a civil rights study of anti-Asian racism
Redress ran through this issue. The front page carried the Seattle City Council’s vote to compensate three Nisei employees who…