Redress under pressure at the American Legion and VFW conventions
Redress and anti-Nikkei resolutions ran through the front page. Nisei delegates lobbied at the American Legion convention against resolutions that…
Print Issue: 1983
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First redress payments to fired Nisei state workers, and the 1983 JACL scholarship winners
The first payments to former California state employees fired in 1942 because of their Japanese ancestry made the front page.…
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Redress bills in Congress and plans for Amache and Puyallup memorials
Redress filled the front page of this issue. Congressman Mike Lowry introduced HR 3387, a bill stipulating $20,000 tax-exempt payments…
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Redress hearings, the Vincent Chin case and a Davis murder charge
The Pacific Citizen’s August 12, 1983 issue centered on redress and on violence against Asian Americans. The front page reported…
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The first congressional hearing on redress, July 1983
Redress filled the front page of this eight-page issue. Sen. Charles Grassley chaired the first congressional public hearing on the…
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The 1983 redress debate: Inouye, Masaoka and the VFW commander’s remarks
Redress filled the front page. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye wrote to the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,…
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Vincent Chin’s killing and JACL’s decision to back the CWRIC redress recommendations
The Pacific Citizen covered two national stories in this July 22, 1983 issue. The front page reported on the killing…
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Redress after the commission report: $20,000 and the public response
The Pacific Citizen’s coverage centered on redress after the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians recommended $20,000 payments…
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Redress moves forward: local ordinances and the Commission’s recommendations
Redress was the main subject of the July 8, 1983 issue. The front page reported that San Joaquin County passed…
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Redress bills, the Time magazine protests and anti-Asian prejudice
The Pacific Citizen’s July 1, 1983 issue followed redress as it moved from a commission’s findings to bills in Congress.…
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The CWRIC redress recommendations, June 1983
Redress filled this twelve-page issue. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians released its recommendations on June 16,…
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Vincent Chin case, redress plans and the Peru Nikkei conference
The Vincent Chin case ran through this issue. Rep. Norman Mineta and other California congressmen asked the Attorney General to…
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The CWRIC report summarized, and the Vincent Chin sentencing debate
The wartime incarceration (often called internment) and the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians report took center stage.…
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The 1941 Tokyo cables and redress, plus the Vincent Chin case
The front page carried news of the 1941 Tokyo cables. A former U.S. intelligence officer, David Lowman, said Japanese diplomatic…
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Redress news from Washington State, and the PC editor’s last column
Redress and the World War II incarceration (often called internment) led this issue. Washington Gov. John Spellman signed a state…
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Anti-Asian violence and the Vincent Chin sentencing
The front page was given over to anti-Asian violence. Judge Charles Kaufman’s probation sentences for Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz…