Evacuation claims hearings in print, and a JACL award for Dr. Harvey A. Itano
Congressional hearings on west coast evacuation claims were printed in book form for the first time, according to the front…
Print Issue: 1954
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The 1954 holiday issue: the Issei vote and the Anti-Discrimination Committee
The Issei right to vote was the subject of this 72-page holiday issue. The front-page editorial called it the best…
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Dr. Harvey A. Itano and the JACL Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Harvey A. Itano led this eight-page issue. JACL’s Distinguished Achievement Award was to be presented to him at the…
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Issei become citizens in ceremonies across the country
Newly naturalized Issei were the main news of this eight-page issue. Genichiro and Mrs. Nishi were among 228 people from…
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Salt Lake City installs JACL officers, and a new book on the incarceration
Salt Lake City’s senior and junior JACL chapters held their first joint installation, with Mayor Earl J. Glade swearing in…
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Over 1,000 Issei become citizens at the Hollywood Bowl
A mass naturalization ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl led the news. On Veterans Day, 1,024 Issei were among 7,568 people…
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Naturalized Issei and the 1955 JACL bowling tournament
Issei becoming citizens ran through this eight-page issue. President Eisenhower greeted Issei Kenjiro Tanaka and 21 other aliens at a…
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A new visa rule, the 442nd remembered, and the 1954 elections
A change in visa rules led this 12-page issue. State Department officials told the JACL Washington Office that an alien…
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Supreme Court nominees, Issei citizenship and Nisei Soldiers Memorial Day
The JACL’s nomination of California judges William Denman and Phil S. Gibson to President Eisenhower for the Supreme Court vacancy…
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Issei voting, citizenship and refugee relief in the fall of 1954
The vote, and who could cast it, ran through much of this eight-page issue. On the front page, Harry Miyake…
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Nisei Soldiers Memorial Day, Issei naturalization and war criminal amnesty
Remembrance and citizenship ran through the news. Maj. Orville C. Shirey, a former 442nd Regimental Combat Team officer, was named…
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Issei naturalization, a Typhoon Marie loss and the McCarran Senate seat
Newly naturalized Issei citizens were the through line of this eight-page issue. Chicago JACLers escorted recent Issei citizens to register…
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A 12-page issue: the Exchange clubs’ “white” policy and the 83rd Congress
Racial restriction in a national service club led the news. The Exchange clubs’ board of control reaffirmed its policy of…
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Exchange clubs split over race, and Issei become citizens
A dispute over who could join the Exchange Club led fifteen Northern California clubs to form the Association of Independent…
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Nisei move on Chicago’s south side, and the USGA golf ban
Housing and neighborhoods led the news in this eight-page issue. Chizu Yama’s Chicago Corner described Japanese Americans leaving Chicago’s south…
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The 13th JACL National Convention in Los Angeles, 1954
The 13th Biennial National JACL Convention in Los Angeles filled most of this issue. The National Council unanimously adopted resolutions…