The 1987 holiday issue: Nikkei 2000 and Beyond
The Pacific Citizen’s 1987 holiday issue looked ahead to the year 2000 and beyond. Under the cover theme “Nikkei 2000…
Print Issue: 1987
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Smithsonian’s ‘A More Perfect Union’ and the Constitution
The Smithsonian exhibit “A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution” ran through this issue. On the front…
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Three district conventions, Minidoka and the redress bill in the Senate
Three JACL district councils met on the same weekend in November 1987, and the front page and editorial covered them:…
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Redress letters and a contested immigration bill, November 1987
The Pacific Citizen reported in this November 1987 issue on the push for redress. The National Coalition for Redress/Reparations asked…
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Redress bill S.1009 in the Senate, and a testimonial for George Aratani
The redress bill was the thread running through this twelve-page issue. The front page carried the JACL-LEC Office’s section-by-section report…
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Diaries returned to 442nd soldiers, and a redress vote put on hold
The front page told how diaries taken from 442nd Regimental Combat Team soldiers in 1943, aboard the SS Lurline, were…
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Redress bill S.1009 heads toward a Senate vote
The redress bill was the main subject of this issue. The front page reported that the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee…
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Bork nomination, Asian American admissions and a slur from a Cabinet appointee
Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced that he would oppose Judge Robert Bork’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, and the Pacific…
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Smithsonian exhibit opens on Japanese Americans and the Constitution
The front page carried the opening of “A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the Constitution,” a Smithsonian exhibit at…
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JACL puts redress first and defers its position on Judge Bork
The front page carried Harry Honda’s report on the National JACL Board’s 9-5 vote to defer taking a position on…
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Redress passes the House, and a court overturns Hirabayashi’s convictions
The October 2, 1987 issue followed redress and the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans (often called internment). The front page…
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House passes H.R. 442, the redress bill, in 1987
Redress filled the front page. The House of Representatives approved H.R. 442, the Civil Liberties Act of 1987, by a…
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Redress vote and the Bork nomination: the September 18, 1987 issue
The Pacific Citizen reported on a push for redress as the House prepared to vote on H.R. 442, the Civil…
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A commissioner’s slurs, a Manzanar reunion and redress resolutions
The front page carried George Johnston’s report that California Transportation Commission member Joseph A. Duffel had made a public apology…
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Hiroshima peace conference, redress records and the Constitution’s bicentennial
Chizu Iiyama’s front-page report from Hiroshima opened the issue. She went as an American delegate to the Gensuikin Peace Conference,…
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Lobbying for redress: students, delegates and the push for H.R. 442
Redress dominated the news in this eight-page issue. More than fifteen students were among the 120 delegates who lobbied Congress…