Naturalization for the Issei: the Walter Resolution and 1950 plans
Naturalization for the Issei led the news as 1949 closed. Mike Masaoka said the Walter Resolution, which would open citizenship…
Print Issue: 1949
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The 1949 holiday issue: Nisei at mid-century
Looking back at the first half of the century was the thread running through this 60-page holiday issue. Larry Tajiri’s…
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The first evacuation claims payment and the Tule Lake renunciants
The government’s first payment under Public Law 886 for losses from the 1942 mass removal of Japanese Americans from the…
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Naturalization equality and the Masaoka alien land suit
Equal treatment under the law ran through the news of this eight-page issue. The California Federation for Civic Unity, meeting…
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Bruyeres remembers the Nisei soldiers, and evacuation claims near deadline
The people of Bruyeres, France gathered at the JACL-sponsored Nisei memorial in the woods of Helledraye on the fifth anniversary…
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Tats Kushida honored in Chicago, and Iva Toguri d’Aquino enters prison
The Chicago JACL chapter honored Tats Kushida with a scroll at a testimonial dinner as he left the Midwest to…
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Civil rights test cases, Mountain Plains and Hawaii’s basketball favorites
Civil rights led the news in this 8-page issue. The third National Conference on Intergroup Relations in Chicago recommended test…
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1949: Citizenship suits for strandees and a Radcliffe scholarship
Nisei stranded in Japan were a main subject of this eight-page issue. Six lawsuits were filed in Seattle, Sacramento and…
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The first Nisei Soldier Memorial Day, and bigotry from Hiroshima to the bowling alley
Race and recognition ran through this eight-page issue. Nisei research workers at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima were…
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The Walter resolution stalls, and JACL presses a Hollywood studio
Two fights over fairness ran through the October 22, 1949 issue. On the front page, Harry Sherman agreed to remove…
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Equal naturalization for Issei and the Tokyo Rose bail ruling
The push to open naturalization to Issei ran through this eight-page issue. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported out the Walter…
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Housing discrimination, the Iva d’Aquino sentence and Issei citizenship
The JACL’s challenge to the Los Angeles County Housing Authority led this eight-page issue. The organization asked the Board of…
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The ‘Tokyo Rose’ verdict and the push for Issei citizenship
The conviction of Iva Toguri d’Aquino in the “Tokyo Rose” trial led the news. A jury found her guilty of…
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The 1949 Midwest JACL convention and the Tokyo Rose trial
The first Midwest JACL district convention, held in Cleveland, filled much of this eight-page issue. Lin Andow reported on the…
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The Tokyo Rose treason trial nears its end, and the Issei citizenship push
The treason trial of Iva Toguri d’Aquino, known as “Tokyo Rose,” led this eight-page issue. Marion Tajiri reported from San…
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JACL opposes Bendetsen nomination; Mrs. d’Aquino testifies at her treason trial
Two stories shared the front page of this eight-page issue. The JACL, along with the ADC and other organizations, planned…