The 1975 holiday issue: Kanaye Nagasawa and the Nisei in Japan
A biography of Kanaye Nagasawa led the 1975 annual holiday issue. Terry Jones traced the Japanese samurai from his youth…
Print Issue: 1975
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JACL’s structure under review, plus a Fountaingrove landmark bid
A JACL committee set out to study how the organization is built. Lillian Kimura’s front-page piece on the Ad Hoc…
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Wendy Yoshimura fund and a Bicentennial installation, December 1975
A six-page issue led with the Central California JACL District Council, whose 26th annual convention adopted four resolutions. They included…
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Hatch Act debate and Michi Weglyn’s new book on the incarceration
The Hatch Act was the subject of Yuki Harada’s front-page article, which looked at the House-passed bill to repeal the…
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Wendy Yoshimura’s story and Daniel Inouye on vigilance, 1975
Wendy Yoshimura’s own account of her life ran across the front page and onto page 2 of this four-page issue.…
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Wendy Yoshimura’s fair trial fund and a new JACL regional director
A fair trial fund for Wendy Yoshimura led the news in this four-page issue. The Central California JACL District Council…
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JACL’s $75,000 grant and a poll on reparations for E.O. 9066
The national JACL received a $75,000 grant from the Campaign for Human Development, announced on the front page, to make…
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Manzanar, a Friendship Act and the Emperor’s visit
President Gerald Ford’s signing of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Act on October 20 led the front page of this four-page issue.…
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Emperor Hirohito’s U.S. visit and a Japanese Canadian centennial
Emperor Hirohito’s visit to the United States ran through this four-page issue. Editor Harry Honda gathered notes on press coverage…
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Emperor Hirohito’s visit and a job bias case in the October 1975 paper
Emperor Hirohito’s visit to the United States ran through this four-page issue. A front-page story reported that a long delay…
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Reparations debate and the Emperor’s visit, October 1975
Reparations for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans ran through much of this four-page issue. Edison Uno reported from the…
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Nisei farm leaders, a Poston pilgrimage and the Emperor’s U.S. visit
Farm labor led this four-page issue. Nisei farm leader Hirasuna criticized United Farm Workers tactics and urged California to reconsider…
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A Japan-U.S. friendship bill and a stronger JACL
A Japan-U.S. Friendship Trust bill awaited action in Congress. It would fund educational and cultural exchange with Okinawa reversion and…
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Redress, E.O. 9066 repeal and the Tri-District Conference, 1975
Redress was the lead story of this four-page issue. John W. Dean III, the former White House counsel, spoke to…
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Refugee resettlement and the Cleveland convention: September 1975
Vietnamese refugee resettlement, National JACL budget accountability and opposition to the HEW proposal were the three issues taken up by…
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Refugees, reunions and plans for the 1976 convention
Contra Costa JACL’s work with Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian refugees led this four-page issue. After a coffee klatch and…