Black-Asian tensions in Anacostia, and a new immigration law
A guilty plea in Washington, D.C. led the front page. Chinese American restaurant owner Cheung Hung Chan pleaded guilty to…
Print Issue: 1986
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Scalia and the NCJAR redress case, and remembering Minoru Yasui
The front page of this issue carried news on the redress lawsuit brought by the National Council for Japanese American…
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Min Yasui dies at 70: remembering his fight for civil rights
The Pacific Citizen devoted most of its November 21, 1986 front page and several inside pages to Minoru Yasui, who…
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After the 1986 elections: redress prospects and Proposition 63
Redress led the news after the Nov. 4 elections. JACL-LEC executive director Grayce Uyehara said the new makeup of Congress…
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JACL’s deficit, a Nobel Prize, and the Manzanar riot revisited
JACL’s money troubles ran through this issue. Lynn Sakamoto-Chung reported a projected year-end cash flow deficit of nearly $100,000, tied…
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Official English in Monterey Park and the 1986 immigration bill
Language and immigration ran through this 12-page issue. On the front page, J.K. Yamamoto reported that the Monterey Park City…
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Rose Bird, JACL budget trouble and the Little Tokyo street renaming
California Chief Justice Rose Bird spoke with the minority press about judicial independence and drew on the Japanese American experience…
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Redress prospects for 1987, a Nisei soldier documentary and new JACL committee chairs
The front page carried the new JACL committee chairs for the 1986-88 biennium, announced by National President Harry Kajihara after…
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California’s English-only Proposition 63 and the Nakasone remarks
The front page carried two stories that ran through the whole issue: the legislative hearings on Proposition 63, the California…
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JACL election dispute and the rise and fall of Japanese American hospitals
The JACL National Convention in Chicago and its aftermath ran through this eight-page issue. Robert Shimabukuro’s front-page investigation looked at…
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Retrial in the Vincent Chin case and a disputed JACL election
The Justice Department decided to retry Ronald Ebens after his civil rights conviction in the 1982 death of Vincent Chin…
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Vincent Chin ruling reversed, plus Ethnic American Day honors
A federal appeals court overturned the 1984 civil rights conviction of Ronald Ebens in the beating death of Vincent Chin,…
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Opposition to Prop. 63 and the ‘English Only’ fight
Proposition 63, California’s ‘English Only’ ballot initiative, led the front page. Gov. George Deukmejian announced his opposition, and JACL national…
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Redress bill H.R. 442 gains a co-sponsor, and the NCJAR suit heads to the Supreme Court
Redress ran through the front page of this 12-page issue. Rep. Terry Bruce (D-Ill.) agreed to co-sponsor H.R. 442 after…
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Asians Now canceled, and the aftermath of the Chicago convention
The Pacific Citizen led with the cancellation of “Asians Now,” the long-running public affairs program on KTVU-TV in Oakland, reported…
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Redress bill co-sponsors, a detained student, and school input in Seattle
Redress was the thread through much of this eight-page issue. Grayce Uyehara reported that John Hayashi, a participant in JACL’s…