The 2001 holiday issue: the Japanese American family
Family was the theme of the 120-page 2001 holiday issue, and writers took it in many directions. Celia Tower told…
Print Issue: 2001
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After Sept. 11: civil rights, hate crimes and JACL’s finances
Civil rights after the Sept. 11 attacks ran through this issue. Twenty-seven Dayton, Ohio, organizations, including the Dayton JACL, endorsed…
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After Sept. 11: war hysteria, the media and Japanese American memory
The aftermath of Sept. 11 shaped much of this 12-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported on a roundtable at the Japanese…
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After Sept. 11: Standing with Arab and Muslim Americans
Japanese Americans responded to the aftermath of Sept. 11 by speaking up for their Arab and Muslim neighbors. Martha Nakagawa…
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After Sept. 11: hate crimes, civil liberties and the JA memory of 1942
The Sept. 11 attacks shaped nearly every page of this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported on a wave of hate…
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After Sept. 11: eyewitness accounts and fears of backlash
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 filled this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa gathered accounts from Japanese Americans in New York…
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Comedy, a racial slur and the JACL board’s tough summer meeting
A joke using a racial slur against Chinese people drew the most attention in this eight-page issue. Tracy Uba reported…
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Concerns over ‘Banzai’ and a Nikkei gathering in New York
JACL and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans raised concerns with USA Network executives over ‘Banzai,’ a British import…
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Italian American and Japanese American wartime parallels, and JACL youth
A forum in Los Angeles that compared the World War II experiences of Italian Americans and Japanese Americans led the…
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A memorial opens, and old wartime resolutions come undone
Remembrance of the World War II years ran through this eight-page issue. The front page showed the ribbon-cutting for the…
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Nisei resisters, teaching the JA story, and the Racial Privacy Initiative
Nisei draft resisters and the effort to bring the Japanese American story into classrooms shaped this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa…
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Preserving Japantowns, and a JACL budget crisis: June 2001
California’s effort to preserve its three remaining Japantowns led the news. Martha Nakagawa reported that SB 307 passed the state…
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Pearl Harbor the film, JACL finances and reparations: June 2001
The release of the film Pearl Harbor drew much of this 12-page issue. JACL and other Asian American groups worried…
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Lee Tonouchi, the Pearl Harbor film and the Manzanar pilgrimage
Hawaii-born writer Lee Tonouchi, known as “Da Pidgin Guerrilla,” was interviewed on the front page about his debut short fiction…
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Nikkei youth gather in Little Tokyo; redress and Pearl Harbor concerns
A first national conference for Nikkei youth, called [spectrum], brought more than 100 students to Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.…
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California’s Japantowns bill and a week of anti-Asian incidents
A California Senate bill to protect the state’s last three Japantowns led the news. Martha Nakagawa reported on SB 307,…