Nisei prisoners of war in Korea and a push on evacuation claims
News of Nisei soldiers in Korea ran through the front page. A list of 3,198 Americans claimed as prisoners of…
Print Issue: 1951
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The 1951 holiday issue: Nisei and their Japanese heritage
The Nisei and what they inherited from Japan ran through much of this 76-page holiday issue. The staff editorial and…
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Nisei scholarship, veterans and evacuee claims in December 1951
A scholarship award opened the December 15, 1951 issue. Governor Howard Pyle presented the Pvt. Ben Masaoka Memorial Scholarship to…
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Issei citizenship and the 1951 push for immigration reform
Immigration and naturalization reform led the news. Senate Majority Leader Ernest W. McFarland told a JACL-ADC delegation, visiting him at…
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Kawakita’s Supreme Court petition and the evacuee claims program
Attorneys for Tomoya Kawakita filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his 1948 treason conviction and death…
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Equality in immigration law, and the first evacuation claims rulings
Immigration and naturalization equality led this eight-page issue. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio told a Cincinnati JACL delegation, with…
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Evacuation claims and a Nisei soldier’s scholarship, November 1951
Money, claims and the memory of a soldier ran through this eight-page issue. The front page told of a scholarship…
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JACL presses for fair treatment in Japan treaties, as Korea casualties mount
The JACL’s Anti-Discrimination Committee asked the State Department to write reciprocal treatment clauses into the coming treaties with Japan, covering…
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Nisei in the Korean War, and the push to end the “enemy alien” label
The Korean War ran through this eight-page issue. A tally from the JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee counted 86 Nisei killed in…
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Evacuation claims, a mayor’s apology and a school board nomination
Evacuation claims led the news in this eight-page issue. The National JACL reproduced over 500,000 pages of forms for claimants…
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Nisei renunciants, evacuation claims and Nisei casualties in Korea
Two subjects ran through this eight-page issue. The Justice Department told the Washington Office of the JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee that…
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Nisei casualties in Korea and the renunciants’ citizenship appeals
The war in Korea and the long aftermath of the incarceration shared the front page. The Department of Defense told…
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A flag for Bruyeres and the JACL’s push on civil rights, 1951
The National JACL planned to present an American flag to the town of Bruyeres, France, in tribute to the Nisei…
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Nisei in Korea, claims for evacuation losses and the end of ‘enemy alien’ status
Nisei soldiers in Korea and the claims of Japanese Americans after the wartime forced removal filled the news in this…
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Peace treaty and what it meant for Nisei in Japan and at home
The signing of the Japanese peace treaty shaped the front page. Nisei GIs and Army civilians who served in the…
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Evacuation claims and the new compromise settlement program
Evacuation claims were the main subject of the September 15, 1951 issue. JACL chapters in Southern and Northern California met…