Wendy Tokuda in Placer County, and a JACL debate over Years of Infamy
Wendy Tokuda of KPIX-TV Channel 5 led the front page, speaking to about 200 people at the Placer County JACL’s…
Category: Issue archive
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Redress prospects dim under Reagan, and a Central California convention
Redress led the front page of this eight-page issue. The National JACL Redress Committee met in San Francisco and concluded…
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Hawaii elections, redress strategy and a new Little Tokyo mall
The Pacific Citizen’s front page reported on Hawaii’s Nov. 4 elections, where Sen. Daniel Inouye and Reps. Cecil Heftel and…
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The 1980 elections and what Reagan’s win meant for redress
The Pacific Citizen turned to the aftermath of the Nov. 4 elections. On the front page, the JACL Washington Office…
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Bias charges in Virginia, a Rose Parade queen and the JACL candidates
Maya Hasegawa, who ran Virginia’s equal employment opportunity office, filed discrimination charges against her boss after being passed over for…
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Redress, the wartime commission and national origin rules in 1980
Redress ran through this issue. The front page reported nominations for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians,…
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1980 fall issue: Nikkei concerns in Los Angeles and a JACL leadership search
The Pacific Citizen’s front page carried a Kashu Mainichi survey of Nikkei in greater Los Angeles, which named three serious…
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Filipino reclassification dispute and a Shogun debate in the pages
The front page carried a dispute over a Los Angeles County survey to reclassify Filipino Americans as a separate ethnic…
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JACL apologizes to Michi Weglyn over redress testimony
The front page carried a public apology: on Sept. 30 the Japanese American Citizens League apologized to Michi Weglyn for…
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Redress, Shogun, and a Little Tokyo high rise
The front page opened with Little Tokyo, where Merit Service Corp. announced plans for a 20-30 story office, condominium and…
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Wendy Yoshimura’s first free weekend, and JACL after the 1980 convention
The front page followed Wendy Yoshimura through her first free weekend, a drive to Fresno to see her parents, Frank…
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Redress commission signed, plus the Shogun debate
The Pacific Citizen reported on the newly signed commission bill to examine the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans,…
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Tsujimura’s board plans and redress priorities, September 1980
The front page opened on the new JACL leadership. National president Jim Tsujimura announced plans to hold national board meetings…
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JACL budget fight at the 1980 convention and the redress bill
The front page carried the 26th biennial National JACL Convention in San Francisco, where delegates debated and passed a record…
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Carter signs the commission bill, and JACL’s 1980 convention
President Jimmy Carter signed the Wartime Relocation and Internment Commission bill, S.1647, into law on July 31, and the front…
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Congress passes the commission redress bill, and JACL gathers in San Francisco
The front page carried the news that the Senate accepted the House version of the commission redress bill, which the…
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The July 1980 issue: the redress commission bill and the JACL convention
The redress commission bill and the coming JACL convention in San Francisco ran through this issue. The front page reported…
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Redress bill advances toward the House floor; JACL prepares for its 50th convention
Redress was the main subject of this 12-page issue. The Pacific Citizen reported that the House Judiciary Committee voted 16-0…