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. 66, No. 26 (June 28, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-26)

Selected article titles: "JACLer of Biennium search on" (p. 1), "Nihonmachi housing for aged Issei proposed" (p. 1), "Denver Nikkei redevelopment group organized" (p. 3), "'La Raza' rallies Mexican Americans" (p. 5), "Notice to missing persons eligible for alien property yen claims payments" (p. 6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 20 (November 15, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-46)

Selected article titles: "A great day for Mike and American Nisei" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka to speak on JACL - past, present and future at Chicago" (p. 1), "Enomoto sanctions Chicago JACL protest" (p. 1), "Inouye, Matsunaga, Mink roll up record setting vote" (p. 1), "Seattle JACLers hear local Negro militants" (p. 1), "Agnew worried over …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 23 (June 7, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-23)

Selected article titles: "Gardena teenager booked for 10th time by police in 4-yr. period" (p. 1), "Vandalism, drug use by Orientals under scrutiny" (p. 1), "Sociological study shows less affluent have poorer health, lead shorter lives" (p. 1), "S.F. State student arrested at sit-in" (p. 1), "Buddhist Churches of America inaugurates first Nisei bishop" (p. 1), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 4 (January 26, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-4)

Selected article titles: "National JACL Credit Union Marks 25th Yr." (p. 1), "JACL-JAL summer fellowship applicant should ask chapter" (p. 1), "Sumitomo bank official calls police in Nihongo to capture suspect forger" (p. 1), "Washington State's Nisei student body president hopes critique starts trend" (p. 1), "Nonwhites to swarm S.F. schools soon" (p. 3), "Voices from …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 1 (July 5, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-27)

Selected article titles: "Full time staff to direct JACL civil rights program proposed" (p. 1), "Anti-American mood in Japan worst since '45" (p. 1), "M. Yasui robbed in Denver race disturbance" (p. 2), "3-ft. high scale model of hemoglobin molecule aids Nisei biochemist in research of sickle-cell anemia" (p. 3), "Improve Jr. JACL by inviting all …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 15 (October 11, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-41)

Selected article titles: "Spark, Dan accept Agnew's explanation" (p. 1), "Colorado Nisei Republicans form Nixon committee" (p. 1), "Terrorism shakes Seattle" (p. 1), "Special Report: America, Japan and the Nisei" (p. 1), "Historic organ at San Francisco Zen temple rebuilt, critic praises piece" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 2 (July 12, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-28)

Selected article titles: "Urban League exec to address Banquet" (p. 1), "Conservative-minded in Japan losing optimism on future US-Japan relations" (p. 1), "UCLA workshop on Oriental groups scheduled July 27" (p. 1), "EDC Position Paper on Civil Rights" (p. 1), "U.S. admits 4,000 Japanese immigrants" (p. 2), "Doll-making to be a highlight of Seattle Japanese Cultural …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 22 (November 29, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-48)

Selected article titles: "Issei wonders about justice, waits over year for day in court" (p. 1), "Chicago JAB statement of policy on police OK'd" (p. 1), "Nation's sense of values opened for critical look at CCDC confab" (p. 1), "Racial innuendo charged in Wash. log issue debates" (p. 1), "Tsukemono, shoyu, sake in huge amounts lead …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 14 (April 5, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-14)

Selected article titles: "JACL's Executive Reorganization" (p. 1), "Ethnic make-up of L.A. schools bared" (p. 1), "U.S. supreme court adds teeth into Civil Rights Act" (p. 1), "Swift action urged to have House pass civil rights bill" (p. 1), "Nisei high school PTA president reacts to Mexican-American student boycott" (p. 2), "German and Italian Americans in …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 23 (December 6, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-49)

Selected article titles: "Public interest still high on WRA camps" (p. 1), "S.I. Hayakawa heads strife-torn San Francisco State College" (p. 1), "Elementary school with over 50 pct. Enrollment of Oriental pupils big factor in high reading factor" (p. 1), "Poor Peoples Theater to stage play based on Dr. King's civil rights dream" (p. 2), "Oriental …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 14 (October 4, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-40)

Selected article titles: "Agnew apologizes; incident may quiet all future epithets in public" (p. 1), "Knowland comments Agnew remark as 'unfortunate, regrettable' at rally" (p. 1), "Rep. Matsunaga officially criticizes Gov. Agnew for use of 'Jap', spoke in midst of House debate on buildings" (p. 1), "Official JACL explanation against 'Jap' presented" (p. 1), "'Koga method' …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 12 (March 22, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-12)

Selected article titles: "Nat'l Civil Liberties Clearing House holding 20th annual conference today" (p. 1), "White racism rapped hard by Nisei on WBBM's Town Meeting of the Air" (p. 1), "Alien land law ruling benefits Nisei family favorably in income tax saving" (p. 1), "Nisei selected to local draft board" (p. 1), "Race Discrimination Charged Against …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 3 (July 19, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-29)

Selected article titles: "PNWDC Paper on Civil Rights" (p. 1), "Seattle JACL human relations group conducts postal supervision classes" (p. 1), "Community work of Minnesota Nisei mother with deaf earns national post" (p. 1), "Immigration plank for political party conventions givn. JACL among member organizations signing" (p. 2), "S.F. Nihonmachi due more police protection" (p. 3), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 24 (June 14, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-24)

Selected article titles: "Oriental actors of America seek more roles in New York show" (p. 1), "Housing, jobs, school main areas of Chi Concern: JACL chapter issues human relation policy" (p. 1), "37 Nikkei delegates elected to Hawaii constitutional convention meeting" (p. 1), "Dr. Noguchi heads autopsy team in Kennedy murder" (p. 1), "Nisei GIs changed …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 20 (May 17, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-20)

Selected article titles: "JACL to commemorate historic Nisei event" (p. 1), "Two Views of Discrimination in Japan" (p. 1), "Winners of JAL-JACL fellowship" (p. 1), "Surgeon General appoints ex-Hanford Nisei as consultant in pharmacology" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 6 (August 9, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-32)

Selected article titles: "Nisei civil rights commmitment to be Convention opener topic" (p. 1), "15,000 witness Japanese festival at Seattle Center" (p. 1), "MDC Civil Rights Stand" (p. 1), "National JACL Hits All-Time Membership" (p. 1), "Work & Play assured at San Jose JACL convention" (p. 3), "S.F. Japanese cultural-trade center not typical" (p. 6), "Nisei …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 9 (August 30, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-35)

Selected article titles: "Tone for JACL emphasis in next biennium set by Whitney Young" (p. 1), "JACLer of Biennium: Tak Kubota of Seattle" (p. 1), "Convention pays tribute to Inagaki" (p. 3), "Oriental influx to Monterey Park deplored by Negro. Wants 'out' if it's to be yellow ghetto" (p. 3), "Little Tokyo scouts to greet Japanese …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 18 (May 3, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-18)

Selected article titles: "American (Gallup) opinion of Japan continues mixed" (p. 1), "JACLer hears Patsy and Sparky cast 'Yea' votes for 1968 Civil Rights Act" (p. 1), "Seattle ordinance on open housing passed unanimous" (p. 1), Architect Minoru Yamazaki designing patient-centered hospital in Toledo" (p. 3), "Hiring Nisei not enough to dismiss state bias charge" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 21 (November 22, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-47)

Selected article titles: "Buddhist prelate lauds Placer fete as Americanism at its best" (p. 1), "Hosokawa calls MIS veterans to battle present-day social ills" (p. 1), "Not safe anymore to walk, drive through Seattle central district" (p. 1), "Hawaiians reject constitutional change to drop voting age to 18" (p. 1), "2 Japanese in South Africa ired …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 3 (January 19, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-3)

Selected article titles: "1st St. Widening Proposal Snags Li'l Tokio Beautification Plan" (p. 1), "JACLers should guard the right of dissent: Jerry Enomoto Outlines JACL Commitment at PNWDC Convention" (p. 1), "Redevelopment halt asked in San Francisco" (p. 3), "Lack of interest in Junior JACL a common problem in Northwest" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 5 (August 2, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-31)

Selected article titles: "'Hot issues' facing JACL convention aired by Jerry" (p. 1), "IDC Civil Rights Position Paper" (p. 1), "Nihongo-speaking collegians survey Little Tokyo area for Issei opinion" (p. 1), "Council of Oriental Organizations receives $13,000 in antipoverty funds" (p. 2), "Violence Rocks Seattle Central Area Businesses. Estimate $16,000 in Damage of Nisei Operated Stores" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 4 (July 26, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-30)

Selected article titles: Four steps outlined to raise $145,000 JACL basic budget" (p. 1), "PSWDYC youth to beautify Headstart Project play area in San Fernando" (p. 1), "Time is now for Young Adults to assume their place in JACL and Nisei participation in community life" (p. 1), "Stress cooperation, not conflict" (p. 4), "Japanese tourists will …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 18 (November 1, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-44)

Selected article titles: "Japan decorates Kido, Dr. Yatabe at Meiji fete" (p. 1), "LeMay's say on A-bomb dismays Hiroshima mayor" (p. 1), "Blaisdell undisturbed by primaries in bid to unseat Spark or Patsy" (p. 1), "JACL protests with Chicago groups on police backlash" (p. 1), "Nisei translator corps of WW2 rated as 'best secret of the …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 13 (September 27, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-39)

Selected article titles: "4 Candidates Revealed for Nobe Memorial" (p. 1), "Re-elect Nisei in Congress drive on" (p. 1), "Solid Democratic support given Raymond Uno in first bid of Nisei in Utah politics, eyes state senate seat" (p. 1), "Concern for Community problem moves Nisei mother into local politics" (p. 1), "5 Hawaii mayor posts up …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 7 (February 16, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-7)

Selected article titles: "JACL must bolster its rights stand or quit" (p. 1), "Become better acquainted with civic officials, Downtown L.A. CLers urged" (p. 1), "Major JACL issues for '68 confab posed at Riverside" (p. 1), "Chicago JACL backs school bussing plan" (p. 2), "Intermountain youth join adults to discuss civil rights issues" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-40-7/