The 1977 holiday issue: Sansei, interracial marriage and a Salt Lake City convention
The Sansei generation ran through this holiday issue. Warren Furutani set Japanese American economic success beside the troubling rise of…
Print Issue: 1977
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Man-made genes, Vietnamese refugees and the question of redress beneficiaries
Two Nikkei scientists, Keiichi Itakura and Tadaaki Hirose, were part of a research team that used recombinant DNA techniques to…
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Citizen voices in U.S.-Japan relations, and the redress proposals
Calls for citizen involvement in U.S.-Japan relations led the news. At the Intermountain District Council conference in Ogden, Ted Matsushima…
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Wage disputes, the Bakke case and Asian Americans in 1977
Work, fairness and discrimination ran through this eight-page issue. A strike by green onion pickers in Phoenix spread to nine…
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Remembering Dr. Tom Yatabe, the ‘Granddaddy of JACL’
The death of Dr. Thomas T. Yatabe, known as the “Granddaddy of JACL,” was the subject of this eight-page issue.…
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Aliens’ rights before the Supreme Court, and Mineta on Nikkei recognition
A permanent resident alien’s right to become a New York State police officer went before the U.S. Supreme Court, and…
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Group legal insurance, affirmative action and redress in 1977
Whether JACL chapters would take to group legal insurance led the news on the front page. Pat Tashima reported on…
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Auto insurance bias, the Bakke case and a 1978 convention site
Auto insurance led the news in this eight-page issue. Pat Tashima looked at how Nisei recalled being charged higher premiums…
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Issei housing, Bakke and reparations in the October 28, 1977 issue
Plans for housing for aging Issei and Nisei led the news. The East Bay Issei Housing Committee was seeking $60,000…
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The Bakke case, Topaz, and a bill for Nisei retirement credit
The Supreme Court’s hearing in the Allan Bakke case drew the issue’s attention, with the JACL raising concern that Asian…
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The Bakke case, an Ohio governor’s apology and JACL’s 30,000 members
The Bakke case ran through this eight-page issue. JACL asked President Carter to have the Justice Department clarify and retract…
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Ohio governor’s use of a slur, and a Supreme Court appeal
The use of an anti-Japanese slur by Ohio Governor James Rhodes drew the most attention in this eight-page issue. JACL…
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Census categories, the Bakke case and reparations
The 1980 Census and the Bakke case led the news. The Census Bureau tentatively decided to drop the broad “Asian…
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Credit for the camp years: testimony on the Mineta bill
Federal civil service credit for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II led the news. Wayne Horiuchi of JACL and…
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Hawaii’s residency law, the Chinatown killings and JACL fund drives
A federal judge’s ruling against Hawaii’s one-year residency law for state and county jobs led the front page. Judge Samuel…
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The Nisei Week parade and the affirmative action debate
Nisei Week led the news. Some 60,000 people watched the ondo parade in Little Tokyo, with Sen. S. I. Hayakawa…