The 1990 holiday issue: Japanese American redress, in testimony and history
Redress was the subject of this 104-page holiday issue, from the campaign’s origins to the testimony that built it. Bill…
Print Issue: 1990
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Redress, the JACL Legacy Fund and a new immigration law
Redress and the JACL Legacy Fund ran through this eight-page issue. At the Central California District Council banquet in Fresno,…
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JACL news, a hate crime case and Peru relief efforts, 1990
JACL business and community news filled the Nov. 30, 1990 issue. The JACL-Blue Shield plan reported no rate increase and…
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Legacy Fund launch, redress checks and the Yamashita case
The JACL Legacy Fund opened this issue. Its first report counted $242,671 in donations and pledges from 383 donors, against…
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Redress checks arrive, and hate crimes follow in Arizona and Denver
Redress payments and a wave of hate incidents shared the news in this 8-page issue. Arizona JACL president Richard Matsuishi…
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Redress after the payments: NCRR’s 10th anniversary conference
Redress and its aftermath ran through the November 9, 1990 issue. Edna Ikeda reported on the 10th anniversary conference of…
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Redress fully funded and a civil rights veto, November 1990
Redress was the main news of this eight-page issue. In the final hours of the 101st Congress, a budget compromise…
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The first redress checks reach Hawaii, and Bush vetoes civil rights
Redress dominated this eight-page issue. The Office of Redress Administration announced that 25,000 of 65,000 eligible former internees would receive…
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Redress checks begin to arrive, October 1990
Redress payments were the main news of this eight-page issue. The first 15,000 checks of $20,000 were in the mail,…
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First redress payments and the first anti-Asian bias finding in admissions
Two firsts shared the front page of the October 12, 1990 issue. The U.S. Department of Education announced a finding…
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Redress payments begin, and JACL launches its Legacy Fund
Redress payments were the main news of this 8-page issue. Six of the oldest eligible Japanese Americans, ages 101 to…
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JACL Legacy Fund, redress and hate crimes in 1990
The new JACL Legacy Fund led the news. National director Bill Yoshino described a campaign to raise $10 million for…
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Census count, JACL Legacy Fund and redress files: September 1990
Rep. Robert T. Matsui told a congressional subcommittee that the Census Bureau had jeopardized the 1990 Census by not creating…
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Redress payments, JACL scholarships and a new Beetle Bailey character
Redress and the work around it ran through this 12-page issue. An editorial looked ahead to Oct. 1, when Redress…
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Dan Rather’s remark on internment and the ACR 181 debate
A remark by CBS anchor Dan Rather about the World War II incarceration (often called internment) led the news. JACL…
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George Kondo retires, and JACL argues over Resolution 7
George Kondo’s retirement after 15 years as director of JACL’s Northern California-Western Nevada-Pacific District led the issue. J.K. Yamamoto of…