Redress lobbying and Sen. Inouye’s role in the Iran-contra hearings
Redress and Sen. Daniel Inouye shared the front page. More than 120 delegates lobbied Congress for H.R. 442 in a…
Print Issue: 1987
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Redress lobbying, hate crimes and Sen. Inouye in the 1987 hearings
The campaign for redress ran through this eight-page issue. The Pacific Citizen reported that nine more co-sponsors had joined H.R.…
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Redress bills and the Yasui coram nobis case, July 1987
Redress filled the front page and much of the rest of this issue. H.R. 442, the Civil Liberties Act of…
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Redress bills advance in Congress; NEA report on Asian students
The front page carried a National Education Association study, “…And Justice for All,” which challenged the image of Asian and…
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Redress moves in Congress, and Nikkei in Canada keep seeking it
Redress was the subject of the June 26, 1987 front page and much of the issue. Karyn K. Lamborn reported…
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Redress hearings, the Hohri ruling and a new Nikkei film
Redress led the news in this eight-page issue. The House Judiciary Committee and a Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee scheduled hearings…
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Redress hearing set, and a Seattle seminar for teachers
Redress ran through the front page and much of the issue. In Seattle, the JACL chapter and the Seattle Public…
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Redress bill gains co-sponsors as the Supreme Court sends NCJAR suit back
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the NCJAR class action lawsuit must go back to the Federal Circuit Court of…
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Tri-District conference, Nakasone’s visit and Inouye on the Constitution
The 11th biennial JACL Tri-District Conference in Los Angeles ran through this eight-page issue. J.K. Yamamoto reported on UC Regent…
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Redress bill advances in the House, and a Smithsonian exhibit previewed
The front page of this May 22, 1987 issue followed two threads: the Smithsonian’s upcoming exhibition on Japanese Americans and…
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Redress bill S. 1009 gains support, and the Vincent Chin verdict
The front page followed the push for redress in the Senate. New Mexico Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman became…
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House hearing on redress bill H.R. 442, and the Vincent Chin verdict
The House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on redress bill H.R. 442 led this issue. The Pacific Citizen reported on the April…
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Redress at the Supreme Court and the second Vincent Chin trial
The Pacific Citizen followed two court cases closely in this May 1, 1987 issue. Karen Kai reported from the U.S.…
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Vincent Chin retrial, UC admissions and the redress bill in 1987
The April 17, 1987 front page led with the April 21 retrial of Ronald Ebens, accused of civil rights violations…
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Radio jokes about Chinese, redress in the Senate, and a JACL staff dispute
A San Diego radio disc jockey’s call-in jokes about Chinese people, and the outrage that followed from local Asian/Pacific Islander…
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Redress bill delays, Asian Pacific students and Los Angeles elections
Redress and elections shared the front page. The Senate redress bill now had 66 co-sponsors, but its introduction and the…