Seattle’s redress vote and a bigoted sign in Monterey Park
The front page carried two stories about how Japanese Americans were treated, then and now. In Seattle, the school board…
Print Issue: 1984
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Redress, the Manzanar pilgrimage and a White House briefing
The Pacific Citizen’s May 4, 1984 issue returned often to the World War II incarceration (often called internment) and the…
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General Mark Clark’s death and the coram nobis cases, 1984
The front page of this 12-page issue carried Vincent Tajiri’s account of General Mark Clark, who died April 17. It…
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Seattle school clerks, redress and the JACL’s 1984 agenda
Twenty-seven Nisei women forced to resign from their Seattle School District jobs in February 1942 could receive $5,000 each under…
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Redress hearings set, and the passing of Hito Okada
Redress led the front page of this 12-page issue. JACL Washington Representative Ron Ikejiri reported that House and Senate subcommittee…
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The Civil Rights Commission’s hesitation on redress
A U.S. Commission on Civil Rights meeting dominated the front page. Members recommended a formal apology and pardons for Japanese…
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Protests postpone ‘Sanga Moyu’; Yasui appeals his coram nobis case
Protests from the Japanese American community led NHK to postpone the American showing of ‘Sanga Moyu,’ its series about the…
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Super Tuesday, redress hearings and the Sanga Moyu debate
Politics and redress shared the front page. The Pacific Citizen reported on how Hawaii Democrats voted on Super Tuesday, with…
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Redress, Day of Remembrance and a civil rights study of anti-Asian racism
Redress ran through this issue. The front page carried the Seattle City Council’s vote to compensate three Nisei employees who…
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Redress gains labor and Jackson support, and JACL reorganizes its program
Redress led the front page of this March 1984 issue. The AFL-CIO executive council endorsed legislation for compensation to Japanese…
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Redress, Day of Remembrance and the ‘Sanga Moyu’ controversy
Redress ran through this issue of March 2, 1984. California Democrats voted unanimously on Feb. 5 to support compensation for…
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Redress and anti-Asian bigotry: a February 1984 hearing, a camp plaque and a Senate bill
The Pacific Citizen led with a Santa Clara County hearing on anti-Asian bigotry and violence, where JACL’s Ron Wakabayashi and…
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A Day of Remembrance special edition: testimony from the CWRIC hearings
The front page of this Day of Remembrance special edition carried Judge William Marutani’s account of the Commission on Wartime…
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Day of Remembrance plans and the Yasui ruling: redress in early 1984
Redress and the memory of the wartime incarceration (often called internment) filled the front page. Communities across the country planned…
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Redress for Los Angeles city workers, and the push for S 2116
Redress led the front page. The Los Angeles city council’s Finance and Revenue Committee endorsed a measure to pay $5,000…
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Redress, the Yasui case and Asian Americans in the 1984 campaign
Redress ran through much of this twelve-page issue. Minoru Yasui’s petition to vacate his wartime curfew conviction reached federal court,…