Hawaii’s new Sansei GOP chairman and the Bakke case
Carl K. Mirikitani, a 29-year-old Honolulu Sansei attorney, led the news when he was elected chairman of the Hawaii Republican…
Print Issue: 1977
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A tribute to George Knox Roth, who opposed the wartime incarceration
A Los Angeles tribute to George Knox Roth led the issue. More than 350 people filled the Little Tokyo Towers…
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Asian and Pacific census data, a school board remark on Buddha, and a JACL convention
Rep. Norman Mineta’s call for better census data on Asian and Pacific Island Americans led the news. He introduced HJ…
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Filipino nurses’ convictions, immigration policy and the Bakke case
The convictions of two Filipino nurses in Detroit led this 8-page issue. Hundreds of Filipino nurses picketed the Federal Building…
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Racial balance rules, the Bakke case and a redress bill hearing
Civil rights questions ran through this eight-page issue. On the front page, Asian residents of International Terrace, a Seattle public…
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A teacher’s slur controversy, and Carter’s Nikkei appointments
A California history teacher’s use of a racial slur for Japanese in his classroom drew the front page of this…
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Tenure at UC Davis, a Kodak apology and George Roth’s radio fight
Community pressure was the thread through this 12-page issue. UC Davis granted tenure to three minority teachers, including George Kagiwada…
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Support for Mineta’s retirement credit bill for camp survivors
Congressman Norman Mineta’s bill to give federal civil service retirement credit to Japanese Americans who were forced from their homes…
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Japantown housing clashes and the Mineta retirement credit bill
A heated June 21 Redevelopment Agency hearing over Japantown housing led this issue. Yori Wada faced hostile demonstrators as he…
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Washington’s E-1 tuition law and a debate over JACL’s role
Immigration and education led the news in this eight-page issue. Washington Gov. Dixy Lee Ray signed Senate Bill 2113 on…
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Racial stereotypes in the news: ‘The King and I,’ Kodak and a school remark
Objections to racial stereotyping ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. The San Diego County Human Relations Commission…
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A teacher’s use of a racial slur and an alien land law in Minnesota
Two stories about prejudice ran across this 12-page issue. In Hollister, San Benito County JACL protested after a high school…
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Reverse bias claims at Japanese firms, and Judge Marutani’s primary win
American employees of Japanese companies in the United States said promotion paths were blocked because they were not Japanese citizens.…
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Stone anchors, a new ambassador and Little Tokyo’s Japan Plaza
An archaeologist’s claim that Asian sailors reached the New World more than 1,000 years before Columbus led the front page.…
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Canada’s wartime law, a Little Tokyo eviction fight and new JACL leadership
A conference in Hamilton, Ontario, opened steps to repeal the War Measures Act, the law behind the 1942 removal of…
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A Canadian centennial and a Nisei look at Washington
Japanese Canadians were preparing to mark 100 years since Manzo Nagano arrived in Canada in 1877. The front page described…