Convention countdown: JACL gears up for San Jose, with youth in focus
A crowd of 600 turned out at San Jose for the first official kickoff event of the 20th Biennial JACL…
Print Issue: 1967
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Vietnam, urban unrest and a JACL convention a week away
Vietnam and the unrest in American cities ran through this six-page issue. Rep. Spark Matsunaga reported after a ten-day tour…
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Sen. Fong and the refugee offices, plus the San Jose convention
Sen. Hiram Fong accused the State Department of gross discrimination for refusing to set up political refugee offices in Asia…
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Fair housing and a new city councilman: JACL news, August 1967
Fair housing and local leadership drew the most attention in this six-page issue. National JACL President Jerry Enomoto congratulated Norman…
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Summer 1967: the Chicago convention, riots and the Sansei
JACL’s Eastern and Midwest district conventions in Chicago, Sept. 1-4, drew much of the news in this eight-page issue. Mari…
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Yen deposit claims, Vietnam GIs and JACL president Jerry Enomoto’s trip East
A court ruling on yen deposits led the news. Judge William B. Jones held that about 6,100 claimants whose deposits…
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Jerry Enomoto’s lessons from the Evacuation, and Mineta’s seat on the San Jose council
National JACL President Jerry Enomoto was at the center of this six-page issue. In a talk at an EDC banquet…
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Open housing and Proposition 14: July 14, 1967
Open housing was the main subject of this six-page issue. National President Jerry Enomoto’s front-page column looked at the Proposition…
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Nisei veterans, a Canadian claim and the right of dissent
The right of dissent was a main subject of this six-page issue. Circuit Judge Masato Doi told a Nisei veterans…
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1967: scholarships, fair housing and the Loving v. Virginia ruling
Young scholars and community buildings filled the news this week. Fifty-two JACL chapters nominated high school graduates for the 1967…
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Redress, civil rights and Nisei Week queens in June 1967
Redress claims and civil rights ran through the news of this six-page issue. A consent decree filed in federal court…
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Anti-miscegenation laws struck down, plus Nisei identity and chapter news
On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declared Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law and similar statutes in 15 other states…
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Last call for Yokohama Specie Bank claims, and the UCLA evacuation symposium
Claims on pre-war yen deposits in the Yokohama Specie Bank led the front page. Issei and Nisei who held certificates…
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Supreme Court rulings on citizenship and Proposition 14, June 1967
Two Supreme Court decisions led this six-page issue. The court ruled 5-4 that the government cannot strip an American of…
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Nisei and Sansei, a fair housing fight, and the 1942 evacuation remembered
A rally at the Sacramento State Capitol, where JACL officials joined the effort to defeat Senate Bill 1, which would…
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Sansei, the draft and Memorial Day: a May 1967 issue
How younger Japanese Americans fit into American life ran through this six-page issue. Jeffrey Matsui, JACL associate national director, told…