The Japanese American Citizens League

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) was organized in the late 1920s by a small group of young, professional nisei in response to the anti-Japanese fervor of the times. The organization was decidedly patriotic and dealt with discrimination by emphasizing American citizenship, loyalty, and assimilation. Because of their ideology, JACL members were recruited by the military to assist in carrying out the "evacuation" orders, and they urged Japanese Americans to cooperate with the government. The group inspired strong, mixed feelings among Japanese Americans during this time. However, in the years following the war, the JACL regained much of its former support by successfully overturning many legal barriers for Japanese Americans.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 22 (June 1, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-22)

Selected article titles: "Congressional Help Being Considered for Evacuee Tax Probe" (p.1), "'Varsity Victory Volunteers' Remembered as U. of Hawaii's Contribution to War Effort" (p.1), "California-Trained Farmers Make Good" (p.2), "Juvenile Delinquency Costs U.S. Taxpayers $4,000 a Year to Keep Youngster in State School-Twice Tuition to First-Rate Prep School" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-22/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 4 (January 26, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-4)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court to Review Movie 'Block Booking'" (p.1), Nat'l JACL Youth Commission Formed, Jr. Group Rules Set" (p.1), "NAACP Fears Bias Along Highway 99 to Seattle Fair" (p.3), "Boys Town Brought Second Wave of Japanese Newcomers to Friendly Omaha" (p.3), "Montgomery County First Unit in Maryland to Pass Anti-Bias Law" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-4/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 10 (March 9, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-10)

Selected article titles: "Statewide Idaho Campaign Launched to Remove Anti-Oriental Voting Law" (p.1), "June 1 Target Date Set for Issei Story Financial Drive" (p.1-2), "Atmospheric Nuclear Testing" (p.1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-10/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 19 (May 11, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-19)

Selected article titles: "Pat Okura First Nominee for President, Mt. PDC Candidate" (p.1), "History Project Fund Climbs Past Mark of $62,000" (p.1), "Round 1: The PC Debate" (p.2), "D.C. Teenagers Form Girls' Odori Group" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-19/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 25 (June 22, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-25)

Selected article titles: "New York's Japanese American Groups Support 'History Project' Fund Campaign"(p.1), "New Walter Bill to Extend Stay of Deportation Dates" (p.1), "Nisei Complacency Rapped in Editorial" (p.1), "London Times Article on Various Ethnic Groups in Hawaii Misses Main Point: Census Bureau Practice of Racial Classes" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-25/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 23 (June 8, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-23)

Selected article titles: "Dillon Myer Named Pioneer Banquet Speaker at Confab" (p.1, 3), "Japanese History Project Passes $77,000-Final Push for Funds On" (p.1, 3), "Midwest Youth Organize District Council" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-23/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 16 (April 20, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-16)

Selected article titles: "Youth Program for 17th Biennial Proposed, Seek Count of Delegates" (p.1), "Nisei Medical Technician Cited as Hero of Hitherto Unpublicized Typhoid Fever Epidemic which Broke Out in 1942 in Honolulu" (p.1), "High Court Refuses to Weigh Ban on Prosecuting Negro" (p.1), "Suggestion by Canadian Mayor to Treat Doukhobor Terrorism in Same Way as …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-16/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 5 (August 3, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-31)

Selected article titles: "JACL-Nisei Can Be Helpful in Building Community of Free Asia" (p.1), "Minoru Yamasaki Humbly Accepts 1961-62 'Nisei of Biennium' Honors" (p.1), "Issei Testimonial" (p.3), "Chuman Keynotes Opening Ceremonies; Finds 'Bridge' Still Uncompleted" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-31/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 11 (March 16, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-11)

Selected article titles: "Wing Luke Elected to Seattle Council" (p.1), "Congressional Boxscore" (p.1), "Oregon Orchardists Give Nisei Most Votes for Top Office" (p.1), "President Kennedy Urged to Restore Vested Property to Free Holdings Oversea" (p.2), "Congressional Record Publicizes Story of Konishi Family of Platteville, Colo., and His 'Company' of 13 Children" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 4 (July 27, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-30)

Selected article titles: "Gov. Brown Vows to Make Appeal to JFK on Japanese Evacuees Tax Claim" (p.1), "Myer Lauds Calm Attitude of Issei in Convention Tribute" (p.1), "The Portuguese of Hawaii, Once Classified Separately in Census, Preferred by Sugar Planters Because of Philosophy" (p.1-2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-30/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 5 (February 1, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-5)

Selected article titles: "Repeal of Utah Mixed Marriage Ban Held Likely" (pp. 1, 4), "Nat'l JACL Credit Union in 'Excellent Shape', Declares 4 1/2 Pct. Dividends; Members Not Fully Using Services" (pp. 1, 4), and "Washington Newsletter: 1st Amendment Decisions" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-5/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 3 (July 19, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-29)

Selected article titles: "JACL Scholarship Winners Revealed" (pp. 1, 4), "Noted Negro Attorney Who Battled for Civil Rights Answers" (pp. 1-2), and "Washington Newsletter: Equal Accommodations" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-29/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 20 (May 17, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-20)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Fearmongers of Far Right Denounced" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Urges House to Act Speedily on Civil Rights" (pp. 1-2), "Chief Justice Warren's Plan to Enforce School Desegregation Ruling Similar to Steps Taken When Evacuees Returned in 1945" (p. 1), and "PC Letterbox: Youth vs. JACL" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-20/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 25 (December 20-27, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-51)

Special holiday issue organized into sections A 1-24 and B 1-24. Selected article titles: "Tributes to the Nisei GIs" (pp. A-1, A-3-A-12), "During World War 2: Military Intelligence Trains 6,000 Nisei" (pp. A-1, A-11-A-12, A-14), "Antidote for Pearl Harbor Myths" (pp. A-1, A-16-A-17), and "Constitution of the National Japanese American Citizens League (Amended as of 1962)" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-51/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 3 (January 18, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-3)

Selected article titles: "Valued Over $280,000" (pp. 1-2), "Fulfillment of Endowment Fund Goal for Sansei Urged" (pp. 1, 4), "How Far the JACL Dollar Goes" (p. 1), and "PC's Tie with Nat'l Integrated" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 25 (June 21, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-25)

Selected article titles: "Unprecedented Gesture of Goodwill to Japanese Americans and JACL as 14 Congressmen Spend 2 Hours Praising Nisei GI Record" (pp. 1, 3), "Civil Rights Bills in Senate Remain Tough to Pass with Filibuster, Sen. Fong Declares" (pp. 1-2), and "Washington Newsletter: JACL and Civil Rights Today" (pp. 1, 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-25/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 6 (February 8, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-6)

Selected article titles: "Director's Report: Agenda for Interim Board Meeting in L.A. Disclosed" (pp. 1-2), "Washington Newsletter: Sen. Inouye's Maiden Speech Defends His Views on Cloture" (pp. 1-2), "New Challenge for Nisei" (p. 2), and "Aims, Objectives of Japanese History Project Explained by Dr. Miyakawa at San Francisco" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-6/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 26 (June 28, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-26)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: JACL and Civil Rights Today" (p. 1), "L.A.-Type Demonstration Hit by Chuman, Talks to Continue" (p. 1), "PC Letterbox: Should JACL Demonstrate?" (p. 2), and "Direct Action Not Our Course Says Wartime JACL President" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-26/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 7 (February 15, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-7)

Selected article titles: "Calif. Textbooks Criteria Allow for Minorities" (p. 1), "Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Change Immigration Quota, Law" (pp. 1, 3), "$2,600 Added to History Project Fund; Acknowledge Pledges Being Fulfilled" (pp. 1-2), and "Why Am I a JACLer?" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 17 (April 26, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-17)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: No Federal Funds to Support of 'Jim Crow' Suggested" (pp. 1-2), "What It Takes to Be Chapter President" (pp. 1-2), "ACLU Founder Decorated by Japanese Gov't" (p. 3), and "Civic Responsibilities of JACL Chapters" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-17/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 9 (March 1, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-9)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Senator Inouye vs. Cloture" (pp. 1-2), "Fruitful Interim Board Meeting Ends" (pp. 1, 4), "Why I Am Not a JACLer" (p. 2), and "By the Board: Sansei Embarrassed by Evacuation" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-9/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 21 (May 24, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-21)

Selected article titles: "Gen. Devers to Participate in June 2 Memorial for Nisei" (pp. 1, 4), "Documentary Material Sought for Japanese History Project (pp. 1, 3), "Washington Newsletter: Kuchel: Fright Peddlers" (pp. 1-2), and "Assimilation of Youth into JACL Program Should Be Two-Ways; Chapter Must Welcome Them, Youth Must Offer Self to JACL" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-21/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 11 (March 13, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-11)

Selected article titles: "Senate Strategy to Defeat Filibuster on Rights Bill Seen" (p.1-2), "Open Housing Law in Seattle Beaten by 2-1 Margin" (p.1-2), "Dr. Morton Grodzin, History Project Resource, Dies" (p.1), "Civil Liberties Clearing House Parley Next Week" (p.3), "Sponsors of Bill Repealing Miscegenation Law Feted" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 26 (December 18-25, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-51)

Selected article titles: "Assisting in Formation of National Jr. JACL" (p.A1, 3), "Japanese American Research Project: Answers to Six Basic Questions Most Often Asked" (p.A1-2, 5), "Most Important Legislative Enactment: Civil Rights Act" (p.A5), "Evacuation Claims Tax Liability" (p.A6), "JACL Views on Proposed Immigration Legislation" (p.A6), "Sansei in Mississippi" (p.A10-11), "JACL Seeks Data of Nisei Employment …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-51/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 16 (April 17, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-16)

Selected article titles: "Problem Confronting JACL on Yen Deposit Claims Aired" (p.1-2), "D.C. JACLers Busy on Civil Rights Front" (p.1), "PSW-JACL Major Medical Health Plan Coverage, Limitations, Rates" (p.2, 4), "Nihongo Schools in California to Organize" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-16/