May 1944: the WRA survey and the fight over where Japanese Americans could live
The War Relocation Authority’s survey of 27,000 cases led this issue: nearly 78 percent of American-born persons of Japanese ancestry…
Print Issue: 1944
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The Endo case reaches the Supreme Court, and the 100th Battalion at war
The Supreme Court agreed on May 8 to hear the appeal of Mitsuye Endo, a Japanese American woman whose detention…
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A war-year debate over where Japanese Americans could resettle
Mayor La Guardia’s objection to resettling loyal Japanese Americans in New York ran through this 8-page issue. Harold L. Ickes,…
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1944: Nisei soldiers, the draft and the fight over return
Japanese American soldiers and the draft ran through this eight-page issue. Pvt. Kungo Iwai wrote from the Anzio beachhead about…
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Opposition to Hearst, Bricker and the coast ban, April 1944
Whether Japanese Americans would be allowed back on the West Coast ran through this eight-page issue. Fortune magazine’s April article…
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Ickes on West Coast hate mongers, and Japanese American soldiers in Italy
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes was at the center of this eight-page issue. He sharply denounced professional race-mongers who…
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April 1944: Nisei casualties in Italy and the Korematsu and Endo cases
News of the war and of the incarceration shared the front page. The War Department reported one Japanese American killed…
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Draft resistance, the Korematsu review and Nisei soldiers, April 1944
The draft and the war dominated the news. The Supreme Court agreed to review the west coast evacuation order in…
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March 1944: Nisei in Italy, ‘Go For Broke’ and the draft in the camps
News from the Italian front led this eight-page issue. The War Department announced one Japanese American killed, six wounded and…
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Tule Lake, the Dies report and nisei in uniform, March 1944
A congressional report on the Tule Lake segregation center led the news. Rep. Herman P. Eberharter of Pennsylvania filed minority…
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Nisei soldiers in Italy and the Marshalls, and a race fight in Utah
The war record of Japanese American soldiers led this issue. The War Department identified five men of the 100th Infantry…
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February 1944: the 100th Battalion at Cassino and the draft resumed
Japanese American soldiers in Italy led the news. Secretary of War Stimson announced that the 100th Infantry Battalion had been…
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Nisei soldiers in Italy and the fight over Colorado’s alien land bill
News from the Italian front and a legislative fight in Colorado shared the front pages of this eight-page issue. The…
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Atrocity reports and the 1944 fight over where Japanese Americans could live
News of the treatment of American and Filipino prisoners at Bataan and Corregidor shaped this eight-page issue. The Butte community…
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Nisei in the draft and the Kuroki broadcast ban, January 1944
Japanese American soldiers and their treatment at home ran through this eight-page issue. NBC explained why it barred Technical Sergeant…
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The War Department reopens the draft for Nisei, January 1944
The War Department’s plan to bring back regular selective service for Japanese American citizens led the news. Under it, Nisei…