The 1967 holiday issue: Supreme Court rulings and Japanese Americans
Supreme Court decisions and what they meant for Japanese Americans ran through the front pages of this holiday issue. Mike…
Print Issue: 1967
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The Noguchi coroner dispute and a civil rights debate in Fresno
A civil rights panel at the Central California District Council convention in Fresno led this six-page issue. National Legal Counsel…
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Chuman’s $2,500,000 challenge and the Intermountain convention
Frank Chuman’s call for JACL to act on behalf of disadvantaged Americans led this six-page issue. At the Intermountain District…
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Pacific Southwest re-elects Gov. Shiozaki and studies reorganizing the district
The Pacific Southwest District Council re-elected Ron Shiozaki as governor at its quarterly meeting, hosted by Arizona JACL. Delegates also…
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A second NIMH grant keeps the Issei history project going
A second-year grant of $118,594 from the National Institute of Mental Health kept the UCLA Japanese American Research Project, the…
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Marriage bans in American Samoa and a six-page issue of JACL news
A Korean fisherman and an American Samoan woman sued in Pago Pago after Governor Owen Aspinall refused to let them…
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JACL’s national president on civil rights and reorganization
National President Jerry Enomoto set the tone for this six-page issue. He praised the new membership kit from the National…
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Civil rights and racial strife in JACL’s fall 1967 news
Civil rights ran through the front page of this six-page issue. National President Jerry Enomoto answered a chapter president’s letter…
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JACL tour to Japan, plus a railroad firing claim from 1942
The JACL Japan Tour was the thread through this six-page issue. National President Jerry Enomoto described the send-off at San…
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JACL leadership, a chapter at work, and recalling the 1942 evacuation exhibit
Jerry Enomoto, the JACL National President, opened the issue with a mid-biennium report and an invitation for members to write…
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Fair housing and a JACL goodwill tour to Japan
Fair housing ran through the front page of this six-page issue. National JACL President Jerry Enomoto criticized the California Real…
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Norman Mineta’s council seat and a Nisei milestone
The appointment of San Jose civic leader Norman Mineta to the city council ran through this six-page issue. JACL National…
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Chicago civil rights workshops and the Vietnam parallel, 1967
Civil rights and dissent ran through this six-page issue. Reports from a workshop at the EDC-MDC Convention in Chicago, by…
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Drew Pearson’s attack on the Issei and the US-Japan trade talks
A columnist’s claim about the Issei drew sharp replies in this six-page issue. Senator Hiram Fong defended Japanese immigrants against…
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The 1967 EDC-MDC convention in Chicago and a summer of racial tension
The Eastern and Midwest District Councils met in Chicago over Labor Day weekend, and the convention drew coverage on several…
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Teachers, a JACL convention and the fear of a revived detention law
Todd Endo’s account of a summer as a master teacher opened the issue. Working in a Vermont experimental program, he…