Redress bill HR 4110 introduced, and Amache remembered
The Civil Liberties Act of 1983, HR 4110, led the front page. Majority Leader James Wright introduced the redress bill…
Category: Issue archive
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Government moves to clear Fred Korematsu’s conviction; redress bill introduced
The Justice Department’s motion to vacate Fred Korematsu’s wartime conviction led the front page of this issue. Korematsu had been…
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Anti-Asian violence and the fight over immigration reform
The front page carried news of anti-Asian violence and efforts to answer it. The Asian Pacific American Advocates of California,…
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Redress bills and new proof that Nisei were not spies
Redress led the news in this 12-page issue. Ron K. Ikejiri reported that JACL’s Washington Office and the National Committee…
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Redress, the Korematsu case and the ‘Go for Broke’ exhibit
Redress and the wartime incarceration (often called internment) ran through this 12-page issue. A federal judge ordered the government to…
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The Paul Wu verdict in San Francisco, and a monument at Amache
A San Francisco jury’s verdict in the stabbing death of Paul Wu led the front page, and the Asian community’s…
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Redress pledges, the Puyallup memorial and the downing of KAL 007
The Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Sakhalin on Sept. 1, 1983 led the front page, with…
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Redress under pressure at the American Legion and VFW conventions
Redress and anti-Nikkei resolutions ran through the front page. Nisei delegates lobbied at the American Legion convention against resolutions that…
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First redress payments to fired Nisei state workers, and the 1983 JACL scholarship winners
The first payments to former California state employees fired in 1942 because of their Japanese ancestry made the front page.…
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Redress bills in Congress and plans for Amache and Puyallup memorials
Redress filled the front page of this issue. Congressman Mike Lowry introduced HR 3387, a bill stipulating $20,000 tax-exempt payments…
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Redress hearings, the Vincent Chin case and a Davis murder charge
The Pacific Citizen’s August 12, 1983 issue centered on redress and on violence against Asian Americans. The front page reported…
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The first congressional hearing on redress, July 1983
Redress filled the front page of this eight-page issue. Sen. Charles Grassley chaired the first congressional public hearing on the…
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The 1983 redress debate: Inouye, Masaoka and the VFW commander’s remarks
Redress filled the front page. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye wrote to the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,…
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Vincent Chin’s killing and JACL’s decision to back the CWRIC redress recommendations
The Pacific Citizen covered two national stories in this July 22, 1983 issue. The front page reported on the killing…
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Redress after the commission report: $20,000 and the public response
The Pacific Citizen’s coverage centered on redress after the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians recommended $20,000 payments…
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Redress moves forward: local ordinances and the Commission’s recommendations
Redress was the main subject of the July 8, 1983 issue. The front page reported that San Joaquin County passed…
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Redress bills, the Time magazine protests and anti-Asian prejudice
The Pacific Citizen’s July 1, 1983 issue followed redress as it moved from a commission’s findings to bills in Congress.…
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The CWRIC redress recommendations, June 1983
Redress filled this twelve-page issue. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians released its recommendations on June 16,…