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. 79, No. 5 (August 2, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-30)

Selected article titles: "23rd Biennial Now History" (p. 1), "Convention Keynoter: On Asian Americanism" (pp. 1-2, 4), "JACL--Planning Commission: Reaffirm Cultural Pluralism" (p. 2), and "Delegates Not Worried About Budget Total, Just Their Share" (pp. 2, 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-30/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 8 (March 1, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-8)

Selected article titles: "JACL Backs U.W. in De Funis Case" (p. 1), "National JACL Convention: Eight Years in Planning" (p. 1), "In Memoriam: Tom Hayashi: 1917-1974" (p. 2), and "Discount Store Job Application Form Demanding Citizenship Status Hit" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-8/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 3 (July 19, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-28)

Selected article titles: "The Warren Era: 1891-1974" (pp. 1-2), "Convention Propositions" (pp. 1, 6), "With Execom Recommendations: Policy Resolutions" (pp. 1, 4), and "Ruling the Air Waves. Gotham Next Door" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-28/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 1 (July 5, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-26)

Biennium in Review Issue. Selected article titles: "Administration at Headquarters: New Guidelines and Systems Improve Daily Procedures, Services to Chapters" (pp. 1, 5), "U.S.-Japan Relations: JACL Steps Up Contracts with Both Governments, Media" (pp. 1-2), "JACL's Anti-Defamation Committee: Racism Abuses Nikkei" (p. 3), and "American-Style Concentration Camps: Historical Landmark Plaques, Pilgrimages Recall WW2 Evacuation" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-26/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 7 (February 22, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-7)

Selected article titles: "Priorities: JACL Since 1972" (p. 1), "JACL-National Board: Impeachment Issue Swirls" (p. 1), and "Manzanar Site as Part of State Parks Plan Seen" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 9 (March 8, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-9)

Selected article titles: "$30,000 More Needed to Meet JACL Budget" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: Protecting the 'Image'" (p. 2), and "Cortez Growers Now 50 Years, Gross $4-Million" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-9/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 21 (May 31, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-21)

Selected article titles: "Priorities: JACL Bowling Issue" (p. 1), "U.S. Census Report--1970: Intermarriage Statistics" (p. 1), "JACL--National Convention: Non-Bias Policy Inside JACL Eyed" (p. 1), and "Book Review: Novel of Japanese Expatriates" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-21/

doc Pacific Citizen, Supplement to 1974 Holiday Issue (December 20-27, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-51)

Supplement to 1974 holiday issue. Selected article titles: "Issei as Technical Advisers to Japan" (pp. 1, 10), "'42 Hysteria Led to Concentration Camps" (pp. 1, 3), "U.S.-Canada Nikkei Alliance Urged" (pp. 1, 11), and "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (pp. 8-9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-51/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 11 (March 22, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-11)

Selected article titles: "Priorities: Our JACL Staffers" (p. 1), "Who Can Bowl in JACL Tournament" (pp. 1-2), "Washington Newsletter: What Can I Do About P.R.?" (p. 2), and "Rep. Chet Holifield: Calif. Congressmen Remembered for Opposing Japanese Evacuation in 1942" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 2 (July 12, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-27)

Selected article titles:"HEW Grants JACL $60,000: For Development of Curriculum Materials on J.A." (pp. 1-2), "District Councils Prep Delegates: Intermountain Calls for Better Understanding of Inter-Marriage" (p. 1), "JACL--National Convention: Citizenship Requirement" (p. 2), and "'Selective Moratorium' OK'd by Internat'l Whaling Commission" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-27/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 21 (November 22, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-46)

Selected article titles: "Hawaii Politics: Was There Distrust of Nikkei?' (p. 1), "Oil Crisis Exposes Japan's Weakness as Economic Force" (pp. 1, 3), "JACL--National Board: Nat'l Faces Year-End Cash Flow Ebb" (pp. 1-2), and "JACL--Sansei Study Tour: Hiroshima: The Turning Point" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-46/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 13 (April 5, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-13)

Selected article titles: "In JACL Memberships: Ask Removal of Alien Restrictions" (p. 1), "Seattle JACL Statement: Offensive Nature of 'Jap.'"(p. 2, 4), and "An Asian Hangup?: Never Mind 'Gaman'" (pp. 2, 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-13/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 4 (January 31, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-4)

Selected article titles: "'Toshiba Story' Irks Union Call for Boycott" (pp. 1, 4), "Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Aliens Being Employed in U.S. Gov't" (p. 1), "Dobashi-Ushio Duologue" (pp. 1-2), and "Ore-Idaho Nikkei Pioneers Feted" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-4/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 7 (August 15, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-32)

Selected article titles: "Nat'l JACL Facing Deficit of $30,000" (pp. 1-2), "FBI Still Keeps List of Security 'Risks' on File" (pp. 1-2), and "High Influx of Asian Immigrants, Tourists to Stay" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-32/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 11 (March 21, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-11)

Selected article titles: "National Dialogue: National Advocacy" (p. 1), "Pacific Southwest District Council: Demand Board Probe of Executives" (pp. 1-2), "By the Board: The Changing JACL, and How!" (pp. 2-3), and "Multi-Ethnic Programs Enhance S.E. Seattle Secondary Schools" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 11 (September 12, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-36)

Selected article titles: "EDC-MDC Airs 3 Issues: Vietnam Refugees, Budget, '74 Mandates" (p. 1), "EDC-MDC Workshops Stress 'Action'" (pp. 1-2), "Little Tokyo Redevelopment: Ground Broken for Higashi Hongwanji" (p. 1), and "Chiaroscuro: How Can We Not Get Involved in Community Affairs" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-36/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 17 (May 2, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-17)

Selected article titles: "JACL-Political Education: JACL-ADC, Inc. May Be Reactivated" (p. 1), "JACL Supports 'Babylift'" (p. 1), "NC-WNDYC Quarterly: Interracial Couples Address Workshop" (p. 2), and "Presidential Classroom: Reflections of '75" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-17/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 13 (April 4, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-13)

Selected article titles: "To the Point: On Being Responsive" (p. 1), "Teacher Manual on Nikkei Being Drafted' (p. 1), "National Dialogue: National Advocacy" (pp. 1-2), and "Emotion-Based Problems Among Nikkei Male on Mainland High" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-13/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 24 (December 12, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-49)

Selected article titles: "By the Board: On Organizational Structure" (p. 1), "Wendy Yoshimura: Oakland Judge Drops One Charge and Mulling Reduction of Bail" (pp. 1-2), "A Nisei Hoosier" (p. 2), and "From the Frying Pan: 3 Sansei Writers" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-49/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 7 (February 21, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-7)

Selected article titles: "To the Point: Scapegoating" (pp. 1-2), "Pacific Southwest District Council: Move on for Impeachment" (pp. 1-2), and "Crossroads to Somewhere: What It Takes to Make Someone Care" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 3 (July 18, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-28)

Selected article titles: "JACL--Headquarters Dedication: JACL's Living Pioneer Members Being Called" (p. 1), "Hiroshima-Nagasaki 30th Anniversary" (p. 1), "From the Frying Pan: Back to the Far East" (p. 2), and "Intermountain Backs Up Sugiyama, to Push DYC's Tapes for Issei Project" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-28/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 23 (June 13, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-23)

Selected article titles: "From JACL Nat'l Headquarters Communication: Bills Noted on Illegal Aliens" (p. 1), "Voting Rights Act Extended by House 5-1: Asian Language Ballots Likely in Honolulu and San Francisco" (p. 1), "Nat'l Board Finds No Sufficient Cause in Probe of Leadership" (pp. 1-2), and "Guest Column: Evacuation: A Candid View" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-23/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 22 (November 28, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-47)

Selected article titles: "PSWDC Grows Despite Problems" (p. 1), "From JACL Nat'l Headquarters Communication: Tule Lake Plaque Text Questioned" (p. 1), "Sequel Planned for 1949 Book on Wartime Student Relocation" (p. 1), and "Minority One: Years of Infamy" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-47/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 4 (July 25, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-29)

Selected article titles: "JACL 'Honbu' Dedicated: Symbolic Views Expressed by Participants" (pp. 1-2), "Dean Talks with CLers on Evacuation" (p. 1), and "Minority One: Viet Refugees in Guam Camps Face Relocation Woes" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-29/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 6 (February 14, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-6)

Selected article titles: "Rep. Norm Mineta Emphasizes JACL Role: Protect Civil Liberties" (p. 1), "Revenue Sharing Program Proposals Dissatisfy JACL" (pp. 1, 3), and "From the Frying Pan: The Asian Way of Life" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-6/