Industry and employment

At the turn of the century, Japanese immigrants (Issei) came to the United States to work on the rapidly expanding plantations of Hawaii and the farms, lumber mills, railroads and canneries of the Pacific Coast. They quickly realized this type of work was not going to bring them wealth, and many began looking for more promising opportunities. Farming, fishing and small businesses were often seen as the answer.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 3 (January 19, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-3)

Selected article titles: "'Issei Story' Push to Start Jan. 25 for Chicagoans" (p.1), "Discrimination Declared Blight on U.S. Moral Fiber at Snake River Fete" (p.1), "Southwest L.A. Cler Becomes 1st Nisei Woman Principal" (p.1), "Genetic Hazards of Fallout" (p.2), "Nisei Must Be Willing to Defend American Image" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 12 (October 21, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-37)

Selected article titles: "3 Historically Significant Letters" (pp. 1, 5), "EEOC Report Finds Asian Americans Underrepresented in Top Federal Jobs" (pp. 1-2), and "Inouye, Matsunaga Announce Start of U.S.-Japan Exchange Program" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-37/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 3 (July 15, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-27)

Selected article titles: "Capital Columnists Back Evacuee Bill" (p.1), "Defense Dept. Hit for Lack of Affirmative Plan" (p.1), "Citizens Committee Formed to Probe Educational System in San Benito" (p.1-2), "Wave of the Future: Asian American Togetherness" (p.5), "Hiroshima 'Maiden' Credits U.S. Family for Inner Peace" (p.7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-27/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 20 (November 11, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-44)

Selected article titles: "Affirmative Action Compliance Means Changing Racial Stereotypes on Jobs" (p.1-2), "Nisei Among 'Most Powerful L.A. Women'" (p.2), "Pilgrimages and Reparations" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-44/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 19 (November 4, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-43)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Recall Auto Insurance Bias" (p.1, 3), "The Curious Marriage of Osaka and Arkansas" (p.1, 4), "WW2 PWs Seek Legal Ground to Sue for Illegal Treatment" (p.3), "Why Reparations?" (p.4), "Japanese Americans Rediscovering Their Roots" (p.6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-43/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 7 (February 25, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-7)

Selected article titles: "Nisei As Group Will 'Disappear' by 2000, Kitano Speculates" (p.1-2), "Schichinosuke Asano, Pioneer Newspaperman Came to America to 'Help People'" (p.1, 3), "Pacific Basin Trade 'Most Promising'" (p.3), "Asian American Advocacy" (p.5, 7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 14 (September 30, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-38)

Selected article titles: "Census Bureau Plans to Drop 'Asian/Pac Island' Category" (p.1), "UC Davis Winning War of Briefs in Bakke Case" (p.1), "EXECOM Looks at Reparations" (p.1-2, 4), "E-1 Visa Student Privilege in Other States Encouraged" (p.2), "Tacoma Reunion-One Man's View" (p.3, 7), "Japanese Christian Mission Centennial in U.S. All Set" (p.7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-38/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 23 (June 17, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-23)

Selected article titles: "Some Aliens Barred from Buying More Minnesota Agricultural Land" (p.1-2), "School Board Calls Teacher to Explain 'Japs'" (p.1, 4), "San Benito County Only West Coast JACL Intact Through Evacuation" (p.2), "Pediatrics Professor Pioneers Use of Drugs to Aid Children with Cancer" (p.4), "In Support of Fine Arts" (p.5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-23/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 14 (April 15, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-14)

Selected article titles: "JACL Mourns Death of Saburo Kido, 74" (p.1), "Gov't Hearing Being Sought to Probe Anti-Asian Bias in Jobs" (p.1, 12), "Evacuees Defend Choice of Words for Tule Lake Plaque" (p.1), "Midwest Nisei Retirement Session Held" (p.9), "Asian American Men Pace White Collar Force on Federal Payroll with Top Median Income" (p.12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-14/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 8 (August 19, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-32)

Selected article titles: "Sumitomo Bank Denies Charge of Job Bias" (p.1-2), "School Board Official's Remark on Buddha Stirs Controversy" (p.1), "New Relief Laws Urged for Atomic Bomb Victims in Japan" (p.1, 5), "NC-WN Steps Up Community Meetings on Reparations Bill" (p.2, 5), "Nevada's 'Geisha'" (p.5), "Pioneer Issei Landscaper Retires at 87" (p.9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-32/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 11 (September 9, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-35)

Selected article titles: "60,000 Witness L.A.'s Nisei Week Parade" (p.1-2), "Hawaii Leaders Stay Cool to Japanese Investment" (p.1, 3), "OWI's Parachute News Found" (p.3), "Bilingual Education" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-35/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 22 (June 10, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-22)

Selected article titles: "Americans Charge Reverse Bias Against Japanese Firms in U.S." (p.1, 5), "Earl Warren Memoirs: 'It Was Wrong'" (p.1, 4), "Census Questionnaire Questioned" (p.1-2), "Ideas from Community Sought for Little Tokyo Redevelopment Update" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-22/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 26 (December 16, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-49)

Selected article titles: "Outstanding Chemists to Be Honored" (p.1-2), "Predict Most Vietnam Refugees to Be at Work" (p.1-2), "The Day I Quit Judo" (p.4), "Equal Opportunity in California-A New Era" (p.5), "Women in JACL" (p.7).

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

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 9 (August 26, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-33)

Selected article titles: "HUD Exempts Seattle Housing for Asian Elderly" (p.1), "Another 'Profile in Courage' Filed" (p.1-2), "Postwar Japanese American Marriages Still a Problem" (p.1), "Uwajimaya Schedules $1.5 Million Expansion" (p.3), "1977 JACL-Hayashi Law Awards Made" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-33/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 19 (November 10, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-44)

Selected article titles: "Civic Betterment at J-town Expense Hit" (p.1), "Supreme Court Decision on Evacuation Calls Manzanar 'Concentration Camp'" (p.1), "ILGWU's Patriotism?" (p.1, 3), "Serological Tests Upset Belief Ainu Caucasoid, Type Resembles Ryukyuan" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-44/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 74, No. 16 (April 28, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-16)

Selected article titles: "No Move Made to Cut Asian Studies, CC-JACL Assured" (p.1), "Learning Kits, Pamphlets on Asian Americans Planned by JACL" (p.2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-16/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 7 (August 18, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-32)

Selected article titles: "Clinic for Hibakusha in L.A." (p.1-2), "L.A. Chinatown Youth Council Charges Police Harrassment, Use of Epithets" (p.1), "Oakland to Survey Issei Housing" (p.2), "Welfare Rights Fund Drive Tops Goal; Nearly 1,000 Contributed" (p.6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-32/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 11 (September 15, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-36)

Selected article titles: "Major PSW Push Still in Education" (p. 1, 5), "Personalized Calif. License Plates with Racial Slur Distresses Senator" (p.1), "Nixon-Tanaka Statement" (p.2), "West Coast Nisei Express Fear in Being Caught in Trade War" (p.3), "Little Tokyo Health Fair Sept. 24" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-36/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 74, No. 12 (March 31, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-12)

Selected article titles: "Asians Protest Propsed for Employer Knowingly Hiring Illegals" (p.1), "Interviewing Techniques Initial Course for Univ. of Utah Asian Studies Class" (p.1), "Encampment for Citizenship Seeks Asian Applicants" (p.2), "Issei Suicide Pattern Noted in Med Journal" (p.3-4), "Nisei Grower-Shipper Accused in $40 Million Class Action Suit" (p.4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-12/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 25 (December 22-29, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-50)

Selected article titles: "The Final Masaoka Report" (p.A1, B1), "Nikkei in Science Achieve" (p.A1, A3), "Hibakusha Show Tumor in Mouth" (p.A2), "Aftermath of Niihau Incident" (p.A8, A10), "Title II Repeal Rallies All JACL" (p.B3-4), "Outwhiting the Whites" (p.A1, D1). The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-50/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 19, (May 18, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-19)

Select article titles: "'Ambidextrous Irishman' Dr. Shig Hashimoto" (p.1); "Asian Caucus Vow Continued Support of Aims Symbolized by Wounded Knee" (p.1); "Japan as a Sansei Sees It" (p.2); "Social Work Professor Prepares Paper on 'Koreans in U.S.' for Hew Seminar" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-19/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 09, (August 31, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-34)

Select article titles: "Watergate Notwithstanding: Nixon Asks Nation to Look Ahead" (p.1); "Teacher Insults CL Guest Speaker" (p.1); "Gerontoloty Medically Speaking: (p.3); "Record JACL Membership Assured for 1973: 26,000 as of June 30" (p.4); "Youths in Japan Rate Worthwhile Work as No. 1" (p.5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-34/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 22, (November 30, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-47)

Select article titles: "Communication Key to Wider World Trade" (p.1); "Elder Nisei Must Help Sansei Search for Identity as Japanese Americans" (p.1); "U.S. Employers May Refuse to Hire Aliens" (p.1); "U.S. Judge Orders Racial Quotas in Hiring Firemen" (p.1); "Nisei Identity Dilemma" (p.2); "Nisei-Invested Aquatic Vehicle Firm Raises $1,000,000 Capital" (p.3); "District Elects Atty. Kojima Governor, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-47/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 15, (October 12, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-40)

Select article titles: "Trace History of...Repeal of Lily-White Clause" (p.1); "Sen. Inouye to Address Kickoff Fete for JACL Bldg. Fund Drive" (p.1); "Legal Assistance Offered by MALDEF in Employment Discrimination Actions" (p.2); "Separate PSWDC Chapter Insurance Board Formed" (p.3); "Estimate 700,000 Nikkei in Brazil, Percentage in Agriculture Dwindles" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-40/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 04, (July 27, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-29)

Select article titles: "Gov. Reagan Signs JACL Bill" (p.1); "JACLer H. Hibino Elected Mayor of Salinas, Calif." (p.1); "Elks Abandon 'Whites Only' Member Policy" (p.1); "Nisei-Owned Firm Breaks Ground for $3 Million Frozen Shrimp Facility" (p.3); "Seattle JACL Funds Drug Abuse Study" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-29/