Flood relief and the 1956 JACL convention plans
Flooding in Northern and Central California at Christmas shaped this eight-page issue. The Northern California-Western Nevada JACL District Council started…
Print Issue: 1955
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The 1955 Silver Jubilee issue: 25 years of the JACL
The JACL’s first quarter century was the subject of this 84-page holiday issue. Elmer Smith’s four-part “Did You Know? The…
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Chapter elections, claims advice and a tribute to Jimmie Sakamoto
Chapter news filled this eight-page issue from mid-December 1955. Rep. Clair Engle spoke to some 300 people at the Placer…
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Remembering Jimmie Sakamoto, and Masaoka before the Senate
The death of Jimmie Sakamoto filled this eight-page issue. A blind former newspaperman and JACL national president, he was struck…
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JACL’s case on the Walter-McCarran immigration law, 1955
The JACL’s verdict on the Walter-McCarran Immigration and Nationality Act ran through this issue. An editorial explained why the league…
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November 1955: the fight over citizenship and the Walter-McCarran Act
Questions of citizenship and immigration law ran through this eight-page issue. The JACL Washington office warned that dual nationals, mainly…
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Interracial marriage, a loyalty oath and the immigration debate
Two rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court led the news. The court declined to decide the constitutionality of Virginia’s interracial…
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JACL’s 25th anniversary, a Supreme Court ruling and immigration hearings
Two national matters led the news in this 8-page issue. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation at public parks,…
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Issei citizenship, a Sonoma convention and evacuation claims, 1955
Naturalization and the Nisei community’s own gatherings ran through this eight-page issue. Seven more Issei were to be sworn in…
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Dual citizenship deadline and a loss for Nisei friends
A State Department warning ran at the top of the issue: Nisei dual citizens living in Japan could lose U.S.…
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Harassment of a family in San Fernando Valley, and a Nisei memorial
The Motodani family of the San Fernando Valley led the front page. They faced threats, vandalism and tampered mail from…
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Evacuation claims hearings and a call to rededicate to JACL
Two subjects ran through this eight-page issue: the push to amend the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948, and…
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Evacuation claims hearings and the Hashimura Togo stereotype
Compensation for losses from the wartime forced removal ran through much of this eight-page issue. Congressional hearings on the Lane-Hillings…
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Housing discrimination and the push for a new evacuation claims law
Housing prejudice and the unfinished evacuation claims were the main subjects of this eight-page issue. Larry Tajiri’s front-page column argued…
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Evacuation claims hearings come to California, 1955
Evacuation claims were the main business of this eight-page issue. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Claims was about to hold…
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Evacuation claims amendments, civil rights hearings and a Nisei film prize
Plans for the evacuation claims law and for Senate civil rights hearings ran through this eight-page issue. JACL and COJAEC…