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 JACL Oath of Allegiance for Nori Nagai (ddr-ajah-7-97)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-97/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Ichiji Sakata (ddr-ajah-7-121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-121/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Osamu Yamanaka (ddr-ajah-7-143)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-143/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Bernice Kasuko Nagai (ddr-ajah-7-99)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-99/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Minoru James Matsumoto (ddr-ajah-7-93)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-93/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kiyoshi Kato (ddr-ajah-7-74)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-74/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Mary Hamachi (ddr-ajah-7-53)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-53/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Minoru Hugh Kiyomura (ddr-ajah-7-81)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-81/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Mary Shikano (ddr-ajah-7-128)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-128/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Hideo Uchiyama (ddr-ajah-7-142)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-142/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kiyo Sakata (ddr-ajah-7-122)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-122/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Nobu Masuda (ddr-ajah-7-88)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-88/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kimiyo Asakawa (ddr-ajah-7-44)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-44/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for George M. Nakamura (ddr-ajah-7-103)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-103/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Toshimi Nitta (ddr-ajah-7-110)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-110/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Jimmy Sumio Koga (ddr-ajah-7-82)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-82/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Tomotsu Kubota (ddr-ajah-7-84)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-84/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Fumi Matsumoto (ddr-ajah-7-92)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-92/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Walter Inami Tamura (ddr-ajah-7-130)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-130/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Kin Kanagaki (ddr-ajah-7-70)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-70/

doc JACL Oath of Allegiance for Yasuto Kato (ddr-ajah-7-72)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-72/

doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/

img Seattle JACL 1930 (ddr-densho-474-13)

Group photo of Seattle JACL. Shiro Hashiguchi in back row, 10th from right

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-13/

img Seattle Progressive Citizen League Entertainment (ddr-densho-474-1)

Group photo of 29 people

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-1/

img 4th Biennial National JACL Convention, 1967 (ddr-densho-474-14)

Group photo of 67 people. Some members are holding signs displaying where they came from.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-14/