Attention for the Issei, and a first look at Asian American protest in 1971
JACL National President Raymond Uno opened the issue with a plea that Nisei and Sansei give the Issei thoughtful, planned…
Print Issue: 1971
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Norman Mineta elected mayor of San Jose, and a long-delayed pardon
Norman Mineta’s election as mayor of San Jose led the news in this six-page issue. Marcie Rasmussen reported on his…
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Norman Mineta elected mayor of San Jose, and JACL president Raymond Uno in Denver
Norman Mineta’s win in San Jose’s mayoral race led the April 23, 1971 issue. The paper reported that he took…
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Title II repeal at the House Rules Committee, and a Supreme Court citizenship ruling
Efforts to repeal Title II of the Internal Security Act, the emergency detention law, ran through this six-page issue. Mike…
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Community centers, Little Tokyo and Title II repeal in 1971
Community building filled the front page of this six-page issue. Little Tokyo, Venice, Diablo, West Covina and San Francisco’s Nihonmachi…
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Asian American hiring, the Elks’ whites-only rule, and a JACL roast
Discrimination in hiring and membership ran through the front page of this six-page issue. Chapters pressed school and college boards…
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JACL chapter life, Manzanar’s future and the ‘Untold Story’ debate
National JACL President Raymond Uno opened the issue with a column on his visits to Detroit, the national bowling tournament…
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Asian American schools and jobs in 1971, plus a Nisei actor’s protest
Education and fair treatment ran through this six-page issue. Asian American communities in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Francisco…
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Rethreading JACL: Raymond Uno’s speech and the Untold Story textbook
Unity inside JACL was the thread running through this six-page issue. National JACL President Raymond Uno spoke at the Detroit…
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Winter in the Twin Cities, and a Medal of Honor for Terry Kawamura
Raymond Uno, the national JACL president, wrote about a cold-weather visit to the Twin Cities and the warm welcome from…
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Medal of Honor, welfare reform and the economics of JACL in 1971
Army Cpl. Terry T. Kawamura of Wahiawa, Oahu, was the subject of the lead news story: he became the fourth…
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Repealing Title II of the Internal Security Act, February 1971
The campaign to repeal Title II of the Internal Security Act of 1950 led this six-page issue. Congressman Spark Matsunaga…
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JACL President Raymond Uno on rebelling for constructive change
JACL President Raymond Uno was at the center of this six-page issue. His abridged speech from the San Jose JACL…
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Minority jobs, Emergency Detention Act repeal and Little Tokyo plans
Jobs and civil liberties led this six-page issue. Raymond Uno, national JACL president, reported on a voluntary Sacramento agreement that…
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Little Tokyo plans, Manzanar on film, and a Supreme Court club case
Raymond Uno, then National JACL President, opened the issue with a column about a Los Angeles testimonial for Katsuma Mukaeda…
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Norman Mineta’s mayoral bid, camp doctors and Little Tokyo in 1971
Raymond Uno, the JACL National President, opened the issue with an account of his trip to Southern California: a lecture…