The 36th JACL national convention in Monterey, 2000
The close of the 36th JACL biennial convention in Monterey filled this eight-page issue. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno keynoted…
Print Issue: 2000
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The 2000 JACL convention: an apology to the resisters of conscience
The 36th biennial JACL national convention in Monterey filled most of this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that the national…
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Medals of Honor, a Cabinet bid and scholarship season
Recognition ran through the news in this eight-page issue. Twenty-two Asian Pacific American World War II veterans were awarded the…
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A suitcase for the JACL archives, and news from the chapters
A battered suitcase led the news. National JACL received it from the family of the late Kazuki Lyle Kurisaki Sr.,…
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Wen Ho Lee and the Day of Outrage, plus the Monterey convention
Dr. Wen Ho Lee’s case led the news. On June 8, Asian Pacific Americans in 12 cities held a national…
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Wen Ho Lee, a Philadelphia Chinatown stadium fight, and a Nevada column
Racial profiling and community defense ran through this eight-page issue. Tracy Uba reported that Philadelphia’s Mayor John Street chose a…
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The Wen Ho Lee case, a state redress fund and the Masaoka memorial
The case of Wen Ho Lee, the former Los Alamos scientist facing a 59-count federal indictment, led this issue. Martha…
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A California human relations commission bill and hate mail in Seattle
A proposed California commission and a hate-mail case led the news. The brother of slain postal worker Joseph Ileto joined…
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Medal of Honor awardees, new redress legislation and JACL candidates
The White House announced 21 Asian Pacific American World War II veterans who will receive the Medal of Honor, including…
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Medals of Honor for 20 Nisei soldiers and the push to save the camps
Two stories shared the front page of this eight-page issue. Kristine Minami reported that twenty Japanese American World War II…
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Pittsburgh shootings and an apology to the Heart Mountain resisters
Racially motivated shootings in suburban Pittsburgh led the news. A gunman killed five people, and JACL leaders including Helen Kawagoe,…
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A Ninja basketball title, the ‘Pearl Harbor’ film and convention plans
Sports and the coming JACL convention shared the front page. Lyndsey Shinoda reported on the sophomore Ninja boys, who took…
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John Tateishi named JACL national director, plus a civil rights report
The national JACL board named John Tateishi as its new national director at the quarterly meeting in San Francisco on…
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Nisei soldiers honored in Italy, and the Wen Ho Lee case
A monument in Pietrasanta, Italy, to be dedicated April 25, Italy’s Liberation Day, honored the Nisei soldiers of the 100th/442nd,…
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Hate e-mail aimed at JACL, plus the Masaoka memorial debate
Hate e-mail sent to JACL offices and chapters was the main news of the issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that anonymous…
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The Masaoka quote on the Japanese American memorial
A decision by the National Park Service to include a quote from Mike Masaoka, JACL’s wartime national director, on the…