Senator Fong’s immigration speech and JACL on civil rights
Immigration reform led this four-page issue. Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii spoke at length in the Senate against the national…
Print Issue: 1963
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Civil rights and the March on Washington: JACL weighs in, 1963
Civil rights for Negro citizens was the main subject of this four-page issue from August 1963. Frank F. Chuman, a…
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Civil rights, Seafair and a Seattle pioneer remembered
The National JACL mourned Clarence Arai of Seattle, remembered as the first Nisei candidate for public office in the U.S.…
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Civil rights and the 1963 bill in Congress
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue. JACL urged a House subcommittee to press for meaningful legislation as hearings on…
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Civil rights and a new immigration bill, August 2, 1963
Civil rights and immigration shared the news in this four-page issue. Senator Hiram Fong said basic changes in immigration policy…
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Civil rights and immigration reform in the July 26, 1963 issue
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue. The JACL Civil Rights Statement, written at Omaha, endorsed intensified participation by Negro…
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Civil rights, Little Tokyo and JACL scholarships in 1963
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue. William Marutani asked whether “desegregate” was a meaningful goal, and another column urged…
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Civil rights and the Fourth of July in a four-page 1963 issue
Civil rights ran through the front page of this four-page issue, which came out in the week after the Fourth…
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Civil rights in Washington, Seattle and Denver, and Li’l Tokio’s future
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue from the first column. Mike Masaoka reported on the Kennedy administration’s civil rights…
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Civil rights in 1963: should JACL join the demonstrations?
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue, and the question on its pages was what role JACL should play. Mike…
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Civil rights and the Nisei GI record: June 21, 1963
Civil rights ran through this four-page issue. The front-page editorial called President Kennedy’s new civil rights bill a risky but…
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Arlington commemoration for Nisei veterans, and civil rights in Congress
Heavy rain fell on the June 2 services at Arlington National Cemetery, which marked 20 years of Japanese American military…
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Nisei war dead honored at Arlington and Denver, June 1963
Remembrance of Nisei military service filled this four-page issue. Commemorative services at Fort Myer Chapel near Arlington National Cemetery marked…
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Honoring Nisei military service: the June 2, 1963 Arlington services
Nisei military service in World War II was the main subject of this four-page issue. The editorial praised a 21-page…
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1963: The Supreme Court on sit-ins and a PSWDC convention in Los Angeles
The Supreme Court’s ruling on sit-in demonstrators led this four-page issue. In an 8-1 decision, the Court overturned convictions in…
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Far-right fearmongers, civil rights bills and a Nisei service anniversary
Senator Thomas Kuchel’s Senate speech against far-right fearmongers ran in full on the front page of this four-page issue. A…