The 1992 holiday issue: Women in JACL and a look back at the presidents
Women in JACL was the cover story of this 144-page holiday issue. Gwen Muranaka’s long feature traced the sexism women…
Print Issue: 1992
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Marge Schott’s slur: JACL calls for her resignation
JACL’s response to Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott led the news. Schott told national director Dennis Hayashi and midwest director…
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Bruce Yamashita’s Naval board hearing and news from JACL chapters
Bruce Yamashita’s appeal before a Naval Discharge Review Board was the main story of this 8-page issue. Gwen Muranaka reported…
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Fox revises the ‘Fuji’ cartoon, and the Bruce Yamashita case
Fox’s decision to revise Fuji, the cartoon character on the “Super Dave Show,” led the issue after complaints that the…
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The 1992 elections: how Asian Americans fared at the polls
The Nov. 3 general election dominated this 12-page issue. Harry K. Honda reported on Jay C. Kim’s win as the…
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JACL restructuring debate and a World War II memorial in Washington
The Phoenix Team, a committee from the Pacific Southwest District, reported on what chapters thought of the Select Committee’s restructuring…
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Verdict in the Luyen Phan Nguyen case and a new JACL board
A Florida jury’s verdict led this eight-page issue. After four hours of deliberation, jurors found Bradley Mills guilty of second-degree…
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Asian Americans and the 1992 presidential candidates
JACL put its questions to the three presidential candidates, and the answers filled the front page. George Bush, Bill Clinton…
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Poston memorial dedicated, and a trial set in a Vietnamese student’s death
Nearly 2,000 people gathered in the Arizona desert to dedicate a memorial monument at Poston, honoring those held there during…
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JACL protests a slur on television, and redress lawsuits
JACL objected to a racial slur on the CBS show Northern Exposure, sending a letter to the producers and asking…
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Redress completed: the 1992 amendments and the work behind them
Redress filled the front page and much of the inside. President Bush signed the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992,…
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Redress amendments clear Congress; the Yamashita case
Redress led the news. The Senate passed H.R. 4551 by unanimous consent on Sept. 16, sending the Civil Liberties Act…
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Redress amendments, the Poston monument and the 442nd reunion
Redress and the Civil Liberties Act led the news. The House passed H.R.4551 by voice vote, adding $400 million to…
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Voting rights and civil rights law, plus a bookshelf of reviews
Voting rights and civil rights law led the news in this 12-page issue. President Bush signed the Voting Rights Improvement…
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Convention workshops and redress bills: the September 1992 JACL news
Coverage of the JACL national convention in Denver filled this 12-page issue. Harry Honda reported on a panel about U.S.-Japan…
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Redress bill gains ground and anti-Asian violence in the news
Redress and the Civil Liberties Act led the August 28, 1992 issue. Both the House and Senate versions of the…