Issei

The earliest wave of Japanese immigrants, the Issei (first generation), had a strong sense of their ethnic identity and retained the values and traditions of their country of birth. Most came to the United States as sojourners and planned to return to Japan after earning their fortunes. In addition, discriminatory laws forbade them from becoming American citizens and from exercising other basic rights, such as owning or leasing land. Since they were thus prevented from fully taking part in American life, it is not surprising that many still identified strongly with the culture of their homeland.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 11 (September 9, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-36)

Select article titles: "East L.A. JACLer loses 2nd son in war, first with 442nd, another in Vietnam" (p. 1); "UCLA graduate library to exhibit special Issei History Project material" (p. 1); "More effectual implementation of Calif. Fair housing laws recommended" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-38-36/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 13 (April 1, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-13)

Select article titles: "Issei-Sansei Generations: Separated but United" (p. 1); "Nisei-Mexican American Ties Strengthened" (p. 1); "Poll Tax Outlawed" (p. 2); "Act of Charity spreads JACL name to Africa" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-38-13/

doc Pacific Citizen, The Summer Supplement (June 3, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-53)

Select article titles: "Dance of Japan" (p. 1); "Realistic attitude of Issei heritage asked" (p. 1); "Vivid scenes of Japan customs seen in Dance" (p. 3); "Heritage: Value and Responsibilities" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 2 (January 14, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-2)

Select article titles: "Carnegie grants another $41,000 to 'Issei Story'" (p.1); "Tsukiyama: the AJA Pioneer" (p.1); "Shirota's novel: 'Lucky Come Hawaii' selling well in Islands and California" (p. 3); "D.C. installation goers to hear author Allan Bosworth tell of Evacuation story" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 25 (December 16, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-50)

Select article titles: "Issei urged to save documents" (p. 1); "Bill Marutani going South again to work in civil rights cases, Satow says" (p. 1); "Nisei for Home Visits sought" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 12 (September 16, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-37)

Select article titles: "Gen. Willoughby to address MIS veteran reunion" (p. 1); "Issei, Nisei Image in Japan Valuable, Says Professor" (p. 1); "Chicago Nisei Drum & Bugle Corps Ambassadors create goodwill on tour" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 24 (December 9, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-49)

Select article titles: "Justice of fair housing law cited by JACL at Calif. State hearing" (p. 1); "Southwest JACLer contribute valuable stamp collection to Jewish Nat'l. Fund" (p. 1); "Arizona Issei pioneers in tribute from chapter" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 19 (November 4, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-44)

Select article titles: "Prop. 15 benefits Issei, opposition press informed" (p. 1); "Matsudaira: First Issei Engineer" (p. 1); "Supports of Freedom: Law, Ballot" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 5 (February 4, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-5)

Select article titles: "Success Story: Japanese American Style" (p.1); "Sixth AJA killed in Vietnam, with helicopter team" (p.1); "Henry Kasai, 75, dies of Natural causes in Salt Lake Hospital" (p.1);"Appreciation banquet to three elders of Seattle community draws 300 Issei" (p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 24 (June 12, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-24)

Selected article titles: "Historic Senate Action to Gag Civil Rights Bill Depate Hailed" (p.1), "John Thomas, Baptist Minister Who Aided Evacuees, to Be Cited" (p.1-2), "Survey vs. Oral History" (p.1, 3), "Cal. High Court Rules to Keep Initiative 'On'" (p.3), "Moses Lake High Completes Its First Year Japanese Class on Regular Curriculum, Cited by National JACL" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 13 (September 25, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-39)

Selected article titles: "Oriental Forces for 'No on 14' Plan Dinner with Gov. Brown" (p.1), "History Project Calls for Interviewers in Los Angeles County" (p.1), "Reapportionment Fight" (p.2), "Constitutional Line Drawn where Public Accommodations Rule of Civil Rights Act Doesn't Extend in Appellate Decision" (p.3), "Salt Lake Plans Survey for Home for Issei" (p.4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 22 (November 27, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-48)

Selected article titles: "Hospital Money Plan Endorsed by Chicago JACL for Members; Enrollment Period Underway, Seek 250 Acceptable Applications" (p.1), "Hawaii GI Vote Issue Placed before U.S. Supreme Court" (p.1), "Warn against Racial Stereotypes in Books" (p.1), "Prop. 14 Called Part of Nation-Wide Plan to Roll Back Social Progress of Past Years" (p.1), "Issei History Seen …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 10 (March 5, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-10)

Selected article titles: "1st Civil Rights Bill Passed in State of Utah" (p.1), "Home-Owners near Farm Labor Camp Protest Skid-Row Recruits" (p.1), "Wyoming Governor Signs Act Repealing Miscegenation Law" (p.1), "Immigration Testimony" (p.2), "First California Gray Whale Captured Alive for Sea World by Nisei Commercial Whaler, Considered Top U.S. Sharpshooter" (p.3), "Hawaii's Reapportionment Task Toughened by …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 10 (September 2, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-35)

Select article titles: "Civil Rights bill fight seen in Senate, JACL push vital" (p. 1); "U.S. Indian-Nisei dialogue started" (p. 1); "Issei sociological survey completed" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 16 (April 22, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-16)

Select article titles: "Dr. Sonoda named to human rights advisory group" (p. 1); "Tacoma Issei donate to SJR 20 fund" (p. 1); "Legislative Reapportionment" (p. 2); "Nat'l 442nd vet directory planned" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 15 (April 13, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-15)

Selected article titles: "'Japanese History' Project Fund Drive Passes 47 pct. Mark of $100,000 Goal" (p.1-2), Urban League Statistics Confirm High Ratio of Nisei Scholarship, Award Winners" (p.1), "Traditional Japanese Customs for Aged Reversed by Postwar Occupation, Retirement at 55 Not as Pleasurable for Many" (p.2), "Issei Pioneers-Yokoyama and Takimoto Recalled as Mentors of Nisei Movement" …

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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. 2 (January 12, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-2)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Leaders More Concerned Over Shabby U.S. Treatment of Japan Trade" (p.1), "Seattle City Council Turns Down Proposal to Prohibit Housing Ban" (p.1), "Nisei in Hawaii Losing Political Grip, Says Inouye" (p.1), "After Pearl Harbor" (p.2), "Li'l Tokyo Issei Cited for Goodwill Push" (p.3).

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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).

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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).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 2 (January 11, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-2)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: JACL Legislative Aim Reviewed as New 88th Congress Opens" (pp. 1-2), "Carnegie Foundation Endows $90,000 for Teaching Japanese in U.S. High Schools" (p. 1), "Issei History Unlike Nenkan" (p. 2), and "Judge Orders Stop to Recounting of Votes in Election Won by Nisei Canadian" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 17 (October 21, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-43)

Select article titles: "Kennedy or Nixon will inherit responsibility to make return of vested property; 20 million voters may be swayed by stand" (p.1 ); "Report on the Issei Aging" (p.6)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No.23 (December 2, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-49)

Select article titles: "President Invites JACL to White House Conference on Aging, to Push for Low-Cost or Rent Housing" (p.1); "Oldest Japanese Christian church in American celebrates 75th anniversary" (p.2); "Calif. Attorney general to fight policy of 'whites only' in golf pro association" (p. 3); "Issei pioneer who retouched photographs of every President since Wilson succumbs" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 18 (October 28, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-44)

Select article titles: "'Issei Story' research begins" (p. 1); "West Point's first Nisei graduate now depty dist. Att'y" (p. 3); "Oakland attorney Mas Yonemura admitted to practice before Supreme Court" (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 14 (October 6, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-40)

Selected article titles: "Fair Housing Law Ruled Invalid" (p. 1), "Japan Movie Studio to Film Struggles of Issei Immigrants on Hawaii Plantations" (p. 1), "Step-Up of Minority Hiring in Industry Viewed as Answer to Soviet Propaganda" (p. 2), and "U.S.-Japan Forging Stronger Links in Joint Economic, Cultural Affairs" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-33-40/