Japanese farm labor, immigration rules and a school-reader protest
The Japanese temporary farm labor program ran through this eight-page issue. Dr. Roy Nishikawa’s President’s Corner argued that it helps…
Print Issue: 1957
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Protests against anti-Nisei films and the ‘Firelight Reader’
JACL pushed back against how Japanese Americans were portrayed. Sen. Henry M. Jackson and Rep. Arthur J. Younger pledged support…
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Hawaii statehood and Japanese farm labor in the news
Hawaii statehood and the program that brought Japanese farm workers to California drew much of the news in this 8-page…
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California’s FEPC vote and the road to a 1958 JACL convention in Boise
California’s Assembly passed a fair employment practices bill, 61 to 15, and sent it to the state Senate, where a…
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Hawaii statehood, Salt Lake in 1958 and a postal embargo
Plans for the 1958 national JACL convention in Salt Lake City opened this eight-page issue. In his President’s Corner column,…
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JACL’s campaign against anti-Nisei films on television
JACL’s campaign against wartime anti-Nisei films on television led the issue. The editorial said stations had answered the national mailing…
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A textbook slur and anti-Nisei TV films: JACL’s 1957 campaigns
JACL pushed back on how Japanese Americans were portrayed. The front page reported that the organization asked California education officials…
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Changing perspectives: the JACL after its national convention
A conversation among friends set the tone for this 8-page issue. David Yokozeki’s front-page piece, “Conversation on Changing Perspectives,” asked…
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Membership drives, a bowling record and a housing case, 1957
Membership was the subject on the front page of this eight-page issue. JACL president Dr. Roy Nishikawa urged chapters to…
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Getting the Pacific Citizen to every JACL member, March 1957
The Pacific Citizen turned its attention to its own readership in this eight-page issue. George Inagaki’s front-page commentary said the…
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Chapter leadership, a bowling tournament and Nisei in the arts
The leadership of local JACL chapters was the main subject on the front page. National JACL President Roy M. Nishikawa…
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Evacuation claims, renunciants and a new generation in JACL
Unfinished business from the wartime forced removal ran through this eight-page issue. Harry K. Honda reported that Justice Department officials…
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Chapter installations and civil rights in Washington, 1957
Chapter life filled this eight-page issue. National JACL president Dr. Roy Nishikawa praised the strong delegate turnout at the Northern…
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Brotherhood Week, civil rights hearings and Japan’s immigration quota
Prejudice and civil rights ran through this eight-page issue. A front-page editorial urged readers to take inventory of their own…
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Housing discrimination and a push for JACL youth programs, 1957
Fair housing was the thread running through this eight-page issue. Dr. Roy Nishikawa’s front-page column urged JACL chapters to build…
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Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska, and a Sacramento fight over housing bias
Statehood led the news in the January 25, 1957 issue. President Eisenhower urged Congress to admit Alaska and again called…