Remembering Earl Finch, and civil rights after the Watts riots
The death of Earl Finch, remembered by 442nd and 100th veterans as a friend to Nisei soldiers, led this issue.…
Print Issue: 1965
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The Watts riot and a disputed television film about Nisei
The Watts riot and a television film about Nisei shared the news in this four-page issue. At the Pacific Southwest…
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The Watts riot and its toll on Nisei business, plus the immigration bill
The Los Angeles riot and its effect on Japanese Americans were the main news of this August 1965 issue. The…
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Mourning Dr. James Takao, and the war on poverty reaches Little Tokyo
The death of Dr. James Takao, a Cincinnati dentist and longtime JACL leader, led the front page. He died August…
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Equal opportunity and a Japanese-language daily’s 70th year
Civil rights and equal opportunity ran through the front page of this six-page issue. One story covered planning for a…
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Planning the 1966 JACL convention in San Diego, and Issei in the Northwest
Plans for the JACL national convention in San Diego, exactly a year away, led the front page. Tad Moro wrote…
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Jr. JACL youth councils, a Medal of Honor recipient’s story, and a convention panel
Young JACL members took a good share of the news in this four-page issue. Chapters in the Southwest planned a…
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JACL membership reaches 21,430; Medicare change for aliens approved
JACL membership reached a record 21,430, and chapters credited months of membership drives for the gain. The front page also…
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A Seattle police shooting inquest and civil rights in 1965
A Seattle coroner’s inquest into the fatal police shooting of a Negro man led this four-page issue. The jury returned…
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A national Jr. JACL takes shape at the 1965 Interim Youth Council
Young people’s place in the JACL was the main subject of this six-page issue. Two front-page stories by Harry Honda…
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Civil rights, immigration and a Nisei Boys State winner
Civil rights ran through the news in this six-page issue. Ontario’s civil rights commission considered an ombudsman post, with the…
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JACL dues, chapter services and youth programs in 1965
How JACL should pay for and serve its chapters was the main question in this four-page issue. In his column,…
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JACL testifies on immigration bill S 500 at a Senate hearing
Immigration reform was the main story of this six-page issue. On the front page, the JACL gave testimony at a…
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JACL scholarships, a youth council and the 442nd, June 1965
JACL’s scholarship programs led this four-page issue. A President’s Corner column by Kumeo Yoshinari announced that the national JACL scholarship…
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A Walter memorial drive and a record 16,800 circulation
Two fund drives and a milestone for the paper itself led the news. The Southern California JACL formed a committee…
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Honoring Nisei war dead and the fight to change immigration law
Memorial services for Nisei war dead led this six-page issue. JACL and the VFW planned a ceremony at Golden Gate…