Chapter elections and a look ahead to 1958
Chapter news filled this eight-page issue as JACL looked toward 1958. A column by Mas Yano reflected on the Intermountain…
Print Issue: 1957
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The 1957 holiday issue: JACL looks ahead to 1958
JACL’s future was the subject that ran through this 72-page holiday issue. National President Dr. Roy Nishikawa urged members to…
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District conventions, chapter news and Nisei in sports
District conventions filled the front page of this eight-page issue. George Abe of Selma was elected chairman of the Central…
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Intermountain District convention and a textbook slur removed
The Intermountain District Council convention in Idaho Falls led this eight-page issue. Harry K. Honda reported on resolutions covering youth…
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A district chairman’s year in review, and Idaho ahead
Akiji Yoshimura opened the issue with an open letter to the NC-WN district, looking back on 1957 and on the…
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Yen deposit ruling reversed, and the 1000 Club in the 1957 Thanksgiving issue
A federal ruling on prewar yen deposits led the news. Asst. Attorney General Dallas Townsend reversed a hearing examiner and…
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JACL and Japan-U.S. relations, and a new civil rights commission
Japan-U.S. relations ran through this eight-page issue. Delegates to the Pacific Southwest District Council debated JACL policy with Washington representative…
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White Citizens’ Councils on the West Coast and JACL’s watchdog role
News that White Citizens’ Councils were organizing on the West Coast led the issue. An editorial said the report would…
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A JACL crossroads and the Nishikawa citizenship case
Where the JACL should go next was the question raised on the front page of this eight-page issue. An editorial…
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Civil rights, a Nisei convention in Tokyo and a revived JACL chapter
Civil rights ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. The Supreme Court refused to hear a Virginia appeal,…
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JACL joins the NAACP’s fight for freedom of association
JACL’s brief in support of the NAACP led this eight-page issue. Along with fourteen other national organizations, JACL asked the…
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Little Rock and civil rights, seen from the Nisei community
The crisis at Little Rock ran through the opening and closing pages of this eight-page issue. JACL National President Dr.…
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Nisei and Sansei, JACL’s role in U.S.-Japan affairs, and Little Rock
Relations between generations and the limits of JACL’s role were the main subjects of this eight-page issue. Harry K. Honda…
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Plans for 1958 and a new look for the paper: the September 27, 1957 issue
The paper’s own future shared the front page with news of the community. An editorial signed H.H. asked whether the…
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The joint EDC-MDC convention in Chicago, and $1.3 million in claims
The joint EDC-MDC convention in Chicago ran through this issue. President Dr. Roy Nishikawa wrote about the youth program and…
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JACL members, the Chicago convention and a new immigration law
Frank Chuman’s By the Board column opened this issue with a worry: only about 37% of JACL members subscribed to…