Nikkei delegates meet President Fujimori; Pearl Harbor 50th looms
Delegates from North America traveled to South America for the 6th biennial Pan-American Nikkei Association convention in Asuncion, Paraguay, where…
Print Issue: 1991
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Anti-Asian violence, the Jim Loo case and a JACL youth revival
Anti-Asian violence and civil rights ran through this issue. A new resource book traced the history of such violence back…
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Redress payments, a new JACL director and the Legacy Fund
Redress and JACL’s own business filled this 16-page issue. Dennis Hayashi was named JACL national director, and President Cressey Nakagawa…
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Remembering Mike Masaoka, 1915 to 1991
Mike Masaoka’s death on June 26 filled most of this 12-page issue. Harry K. Honda, senior editor, wrote a lengthy…
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House votes to make Manzanar a national historic site
The House of Representatives passed a bill by Rep. Mel Levine making Manzanar a national historic site, to be guided…
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A coalition meeting, a Manzanar water dispute and redress funds
Coalition building and redress were the main subjects of this eight-page issue. JACL met with the American Jewish Committee and…
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Pearl Harbor anniversary plans and Asian American employment
JACL planning for the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor led the issue. National director Bill Yoshino outlined a strategy that…
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Redress aid, campus racism and hate crimes bills in 1991
Civil rights and redress ran through this eight-page issue. A California appeals court ruled unanimously for a plaintiff who accused…
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Redress workshops, minority health funding and a Poston reunion
Redress and health policy shared the front page of this 12-page issue. The Office of Redress Administration scheduled one-on-one assistance…
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Preserving the camp sites: Manzanar and landmark bills, May 1991
Efforts to preserve the sites of the World War II incarceration (often called internment) led this 12-page issue. Congressman George…
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Redress payments, a police promotion dispute and chapter news
Redress was the main subject of this eight-page issue. JACL-LEC board members, including Cressey Nakagawa and Jerry Enomoto, toured the…
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JACL’s new Civil Rights Committee sets its agenda
JACL’s Civil Rights Committee held its first meeting in San Francisco on April 27 and set priorities that included anti-Asian…
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Federal indictment in the Ming Hai Loo case, and the JACL redress video
A federal grand jury in Raleigh indicted Robert and Lloyd Piche on civil rights charges in the death of Ming…
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A video on the Japanese American evacuation, and a split over it
A video on the Japanese American evacuation experience, titled ‘Without Due Process,’ led this issue. Richard Suenaga reported from Sacramento,…
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Reopened EEOC case, a walk for peace, and books on camp life
A discrimination case by a Nikkei employee against the Veterans Department was reopened by the EEOC, which found the case…
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Keith Umemoto’s Assembly campaign and a hate crimes bill
Keith Umemoto, a 35-year-old Sansei running for the 46th Assembly District seat, was the subject of a two-part Pacific Citizen…