Immigration, Bitburg and the Angel Island Issei exhibit
A Senate immigration bill with stricter penalties for employers led the front page, alongside news that Loni Ding won an…
Print Issue: 1985
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Senator’s remark on Asians, the Liu murder verdict, and Manzanar’s future
A U.S. senator’s remark about Asians and the value of life led the front page of the Pacific Citizen on…
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Preparing the Hirabayashi coram nobis case and the redress bill
The coming Hirabayashi hearing led the news. Mayumi Tsutakawa reported on the Seattle team of 11 attorneys preparing for the…
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Trade tensions with Japan, a Manzanar pilgrimage and redress
Trade friction between the U.S. and Japan led this issue. The front page reported that Congress threatened sanctions after Japan…
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Hate crimes bill hearing, civil rights, and the Day of Remembrance
A congressional hearing on HR 1171 led the front page. The bill would require the FBI to collect statistics on…
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Redress push in Washington: HR 442 and the call for passage
The push for redress ran through this issue. On the front page, G. Tim Gojio reported on a Capitol Hill…
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Redress debate, Hong Kong immigration and a 12-page spring issue
The front page carried UC regent Yori Wada’s remarks at Fresno State: he called the WW2 incarceration (often called internment)…
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Redress, the coram nobis cases and a McCloy birthday, 1985
Redress dominated the news in this 12-page issue. The front page reported that President Reagan would join a luncheon for…
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Day of Remembrance, redress and the JACL staff profiled
Remembering the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this issue. The front page reported on a San…
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Day of Remembrance and the push for redress, 1985
The front page carried the Day of Remembrance in Gardena, where about 300 people marked the anniversary of Executive Order…
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Day of Remembrance and the Asian bride catalog debate
Los Angeles County proclaimed February 19 a permanent annual Day of Remembrance, with Supervisor Kenneth Hahn calling Executive Order 9066…
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Anti-Asian violence and a refugee family’s ordeal
Violence against Asian Americans ran through this issue. On the front page, Helen Y. Zia reported on the ordeal of…
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Day of Remembrance events and the Waki case, February 1985
Day of Remembrance events led the front page, as communities from Sacramento to New York prepared to mark the 43rd…
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Kim Dae Jung in Los Angeles, the Pierman sentence and the Liu case
Three stories ran across the front page and beyond. Robert Shimabukuro reported on Dr. Kim Dae Jung’s address to a…
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Redress bill HR 442 gains 100 sponsors; Kiet Tien case in Michigan
A new redress bill, HR 442, the Civil Liberties Act of 1985, drew 99 co-sponsors in Congress, and the Pacific…
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Violence, redress and Asian Pacific organizing in early 1985
Violence and discrimination against Asian Americans ran through this twelve-page issue. Robert Shimabukuro reported on the American Friends Service Committee…