The 1996 holiday issue: Japanese Americans and the next millennium
Looking ahead to the next millennium ran through this 120-page holiday issue of December 1996. Harry K. Honda introduced a…
Print Issue: 1996
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Plans for a 1997 Day of Remembrance and the Prop 209 vote
A National Day of Remembrance, planned for Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19, 1997, led the front page. The ceremony will…
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Gov. Wilson’s attack on new citizens, and Utah’s centennial
Immigration and the old fight over words about the wartime incarceration led this issue. The Asian Law Caucus and other…
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Colin Powell’s apology for a slur, and a Manzanar historic site bill
A retired general’s use of a racial slur in a Stockton speech led the news. Colin Powell said “Chinamen” on…
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Native Hawaiian self-determination, Proposition 209 and Gov. Ralph Carr
Native Hawaiian self-determination led the news. In a vote announced Sept. 11, nearly 3 to 1 favored electing delegates to…
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Japanese Latin American redress suit and the JACL convention
A class action suit for redress by Japanese Latin Americans led the news. Three Nisei deported from Peru during World…
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The 1996 JACL convention in San Jose and the Proposition 209 campaign
The 34th biennial JACL National Convention in San Jose, held Aug. 6-11, filled this issue. Reports covered the National Council’s…
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The 1996 JACL convention and the welfare bill’s impact on legal immigrants
The August 16, 1996 issue followed two stories at once. In San Jose, Helen Kawagoe of the Gardena Valley Chapter…
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Manzanar’s future, immigrant welfare cuts and the San Jose convention
The future of Manzanar led this 12-page issue. At its fifth quarterly meeting, the Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission…
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Redress rules, convention plans and the JACL budget debate
Redress and the coming JACL national convention filled this 12-page issue. The Office of Redress Administration reported that its draft…
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Hapas and JACL, the Manzanar site bill, and convention plans
Greg Mayeda asked whether JACL’s vision of the future includes hapas, arguing that rising intermarriage is changing the Japanese American…
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Race-hate forum, Manzanar bill and redress education in 1996
Race and civil rights ran through this 12-page issue. The Sonoma County JACL chapter planned a June 29 forum on…
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Candidates, budgets and redress in the run-up to the 1996 JACL convention
The coming JACL convention in San Jose, Aug. 6-11, shaped much of this 12-page issue. Sami Nakazono of the Mile-Hi…
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A hate crime charge in Tustin, and a new astronaut
A murder case in Tustin, Calif., led this issue. Gunnar Lindberg, accused of killing Vietnamese American Thien Minh Ly, will…
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A new JACL representative in Washington, and the Redress education fund
H. Robert Sakaniwa, 32, became JACL’s full-time Washington, D.C. representative on April 1, and the front page carried a long…
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Redress education board, JACL budgets and the 1996 convention
The Civil Liberties Act and the JACL’s own finances ran through this 12-page issue. Don Nakanishi, a member of the…