Scholarship finalists and the evacuation series, July 1961
The 26 candidates for the Pvt. Ben Frank Masaoka Memorial Scholarship were named on the front page of this four-page…
Print Issue: 1961
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The wartime evacuation decision, and JACL at work in 1961
Mike Masaoka’s “Command Decision” series reached its seventh installment in this four-page issue. It traced the final decisions behind the…
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A TV station apologizes for an anti-Nisei film, July 1961
A Sacramento television station’s apology led this four-page issue. KXTV wrote to William Matsumoto, a national WACL third vice president,…
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A new regional director and the Issei history project, 1961
Jim Yomigashi’s appointment as director of the Southern California JACL regional office was the lead story of this four-page issue.…
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A Berkeley property vote and the road to wartime removal
The Berkeley JACL’s vacant Haste Street property was the lead story of this four-page issue. George Yasukochi reported that members…
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Evacuation planning, a $27,000 claims award and fair housing
Wartime planning for the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast ran through this four-page issue. Part 3…
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Buy the Board: a call to bring younger members into JACL
Kay Nekagiri, PSWDC Chairman, wrote on the front page that younger Japanese Americans should be counseled toward college and trades,…
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A fair housing bill stalls in Sacramento, plus the 1942 evacuation series begins
A fair housing bill in California headed toward defeat in this four-page issue. A state senator indicated that AB 801,…
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Mob violence against Freedom Riders and a call for civil rights action
Mike Masaoka opened this four-page issue with a front-page column on the mob attacks on Freedom Riders in Alabama. He…
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Cal-Vet rights for Nisei veterans and the Issei Story project
Veterans’ benefits led the news on May 19, 1961. Governor Edmund G. Brown signed Senate Bill 52, which made Japanese…
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Japan trip cancelled, and the Issei Story fund drive
A four-page issue led with Mike M. Masaoka’s Washington Newsletter on the cancelled Eisenhower trip to Japan. Masaoka wrote that…
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A 1961 JACL district convention and the Issei Story project
The Pacific Southwest District Council convention was the main news of this four-page issue. Maerbelle Higa reported that delegates from…
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The 1960 Census count of Japanese Americans and the Sansei survey
The 1960 Census count of people of Japanese ancestry opened this four-page issue. Mike Masaoka reported at least 454,342 persons…
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Man in space, civil rights bills and an open letter to a Sansei son
The Soviet flight that put the first human into space opened this four-page issue. Mike Masaoka’s Washington Newsletter argued that…
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James Michener, Hawaii and why an anti-Japanese slur offends
Race and discrimination ran through the front page of this four-page issue. James Michener, author of Hawaii, told the New…
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The Washington Alien Land Law fight and the 1960 census
The Washington Alien Land Law ran through the issue. National President Frank F. Chuman wrote about his visit to Seattle…