Redress eligibility, firebombings and the Rising Sun protests
Redress claims and hate crimes led the news. Japanese American groups met Justice Department officials to press for review of…
Print Issue: 1993
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The fight to change a Texas road name, and the Rising Sun debate
Two stories shared the front page of this 12-page issue. In Beaumont, Texas, support grew for Sandra Tanamachi Nakata’s effort…
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JACL presses Clinton on the military ban, and a Texas road-name fight
JACL’s call on President Clinton to hold to his pledge to end the ban on gays in the military led…
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The Hattori case and the fight to rename a Texas road
The killing of Japanese student Yoshiro Hattori led the issue. The Department of Justice answered requests from JACL and the…
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The fight to rename a Texas road, and Mineta on Asian American health care
A fight over a racial slur on a Texas road sign and a congressional hearing on health care shared the…
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A Texas road named with a slur, and Jean Ishibashi’s lawsuit
The fight over a racial slur on a road sign in Beaumont, Texas, led the June 18, 1993 issue. Gwen…
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Remarks by a San Jose councilwoman, and a Senate bill on Wards Cove
Remarks by San Jose City Councilwoman Cole about Latinos, Asian Americans and gays led the issue. Cole, the only African…
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JACL reorganization and the Guinier withdrawal, June 1993
JACL’s own future ran through this 12-page issue. At the IDC-PNW bi-district meeting in Spokane, Wash., reported by Gwen Muranaka,…
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The Hattori verdict and the reaction in Japan and in JACL
The acquittal of Rodney Peairs dominated the news. A Louisiana jury took three hours to find him not guilty of…
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Anti-Asian discrimination, a Texas road sign and Michi Weglyn’s chair
Discrimination against Asian Americans ran through this eight-page issue. JACL applauded a Department of Education finding that Connecticut’s higher education…
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Dennis Hayashi’s federal appointment and a JACL budget question
News of Dennis Hayashi’s appointment to head the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services…
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Asian American appointments, trade talk and new children’s books
Asian Pacific American leaders pressed for representation in the Clinton administration in this 12-page issue. A group met in Washington,…
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Hate crime laws and U.S.-Japan relations in 1993
A hate crime case before the U.S. Supreme Court and a Los Angeles conference on U.S.-Japan relations drew most of…
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Rodney King verdicts, hate crimes and a 442nd hero honored
The federal verdicts in the Rodney King trial and their aftermath ran across this eight-page issue. JACL’s Hayashi said the…
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Reorganizing JACL: the 1993 tri-district conference
The latest draft of the plan to reorganize the Japanese American Citizens League led the news, as members took another…
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JACL’s post-redress mission and opposition to ‘motor voter’ legislation
JACL’s role after redress ran through most of this issue. The front page reported that JACL joined other civil rights…