The 1988 holiday issue: Redress and the Civil Liberties Act
The Pacific Citizen’s 1988 holiday issue looked at redress after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Wayne…
Print Issue: 1988
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Redress forms, a dispute at S.F. State and the Heart Mountain resisters
Redress led the front page. More than 500 former internees filled Nisei War Memorial Hall in Sacramento on Nov. 19…
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Asian American representation in Washington, and the 1990 census
The Pacific Citizen’s December 2, 1988 front page followed Asian American concerns in Washington. Senate Democrats chose George J. Mitchell…
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Redress after the bill: payments, legal help and a veterans memorial
The Pacific Citizen’s issue of November 25, 1988 followed what came after the redress bill became law. The front page…
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Reagan vetoes the Asian American census bill, and redress is celebrated
President Reagan’s pocket veto of H.R. 4432 led the front page. The bill would have required the Census Bureau to…
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Redress progress, a museum benefit and 37 JACL scholarships
Redress was the thread running through this issue. Bob Bratt, executive director of the Office of Redress Administration, briefed community…
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Redress after the bill: Ujifusa at Justice, and the NCJAR lawsuit ends
Redress after the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ran through the front page. Grant Ujifusa, JACL-LEC strategy…
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Building the redress database: the Office of Redress Administration at work
Redress and the Civil Liberties Act drove the news in this 12-page issue. Frank Abe reported on Bob Bratt and…
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How the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 got Reagan’s signature
The front page told the story behind the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the redress bill known…
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Redress law signed, and a textbook campaign begins
The Pacific Citizen reported on what came after the signing of the redress bill, H.R. 442. The front page carried…
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Redress recognition, and the Pacific Citizen’s 2,500th issue
The front page carried news of the redress legislation. On Sept. 27 and 28, JACL, the JACL-Legislative Education Committee and…
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Smithsonian symposium and Japanese Canadian redress
The Pacific Citizen reported on two redress stories in this issue. The front page covered a Smithsonian Institution symposium on…
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Mineta bill to revisit the Korematsu, Yasui and Hirabayashi cases
Rep. Norman Mineta planned to introduce a bill requiring the Supreme Court to review its wartime decisions in the cases…
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1988 JACL scholarship winners and the start of redress payments
The 1988 National JACL Scholarship recipients filled pages 6 through 10 of this issue, with profiles of graduating high school…
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Redress signed into law, a hunger strike, and Filipino veterans
The Pacific Citizen reported on the aftermath of the redress bill in this September 1988 issue. Articles covered confusion over…
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Redress becomes law: reactions to the signing of H.R. 442
The signing of the redress bill ran through this issue. Redress under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was marked…