A teen shooting jolts Southern California, and the Issei story
The fatal shooting of a Sansei teenager, a bystander at a dance where a gang fight broke out, shook Southern…
Print Issue: 1958
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Nisei of the Biennium and the road to the Salt Lake City convention
Preparations for the JACL’s 15th Biennial National Convention in Salt Lake City ran through this eight-page issue. Nominations opened for…
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Equal rights for women, and a JACL convention taking shape
The Equal Rights Amendment led this eight-page issue. A front-page editorial urged readers to write their senators and representatives in…
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A teenage shooting in Little Tokyo and JACL’s Southland visits
The death of Richard Sumii, a 16-year-old Dorsey High honor student shot while watching a teenage gang fight at a…
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Expatriation rulings, vested property and a first scholarship
The Supreme Court’s recent expatriation decisions led this eight-page issue. A front-page report covered Nishikawa v. Dulles, Trop v. Dulles…
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JACL work on job discrimination and wartime property claims, 1958
JACL business filled the front page of this eight-page issue. Regional Director Fred Takata and the president presented the JACL…
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Nishikawa and Perez: two Supreme Court rulings on citizenship
Two Supreme Court decisions on nationality led the April 4, 1958 issue. In the Nishikawa case, the Court held that…
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Chapter news, a Ford grant and Nisei in business, March 1958
Chapter news filled the front page of this eight-page issue. San Francisco reported 1,002 paid members, leading the national membership…
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Equal rights in education, and a dictionary’s verdict on an anti-Japanese slur
Equal rights in education led this eight-page issue. A front-page editorial from the JACL editorial board argued that Nisei, as…
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Hawaiian statehood, the JACL bowling tournament and a president’s doubts
The National JACL President opened this 8-page issue with a candid look at his nearly 18 months in office, admitting…
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Chapter installations and the paper’s own books, March 1958
Installations and chapter news filled this eight-page issue. Saburo Kido told the Sacramento JACL installation dinner that JACL’s primary mission…
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JACL president meets Nixon; Seattle readies for bowling classics
Job discrimination and the work of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts led the news. Dr. Roy Nishikawa, JACL National…
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Building JACL strength and a $1.7-million claims request, 1958
The editorial on the front page argued that the JACL should use a peaceful era to build its internal strength…
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Chapter awards and installations, and JACL’s role in 1958
JACL chapters were at work across California and beyond in this eight-page issue. President Roy Nishikawa wrote that the organization,…
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Ten years of JACL work in the East, and plans for Salt Lake City
A decade of JACL work in the East was the opening subject of this eight-page issue. The board’s front-page column,…
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Chapter clinics, convention plans and Sessue Hayakawa’s Oscar buzz
JACL chapters and their work filled this eight-page issue. President Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa argued in his column that chapter…