3716 items
3716 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 7 (February 20, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-7)
Selected article titles: "JACL needs both Nisei and Sansei" (p. 1), "Title II repeal a step for return of peaceful means" (p. 1), "Federal judge denies S.F. Chinatown request for special census methods" (p. 1), "'Go for Broke' spirit will sustain Nisei again" (p. 1), "Population trend in Japan indicates more people are living beyond age …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 6 (August 7, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-31)
Selected article titles: "A-Bomb Days" (p. 1), "'70 census key to Hawaii governor race" (p. 1), "Bailey Gatzert school principal tours Japan as gift from 700 Nisei families" (p. 1), "Sansei physician-scientist develops artificial liver, due human test soon" (p. 3).
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Michael Shigeru Yasutake Interview (ddr-densho-400-24)
Michael Yasutake was born on August 4, 1915, in Long Beach, California. He was one of Kumataro and Itsu Yasutake's eight children. His father was a farmer in Gardena, California, and his mother was a housewife. When the war broke out he was already in the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service. His family …
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Ronald Ikejiri Interview (ddr-densho-1000-461)
Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 17 (October 25, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-43)
Selected article titles: "Seattle to save International dist." (p. 1), "Unpaid Fines of 'Tokyo Rose' Sought by U.S." (p. 1), "Inouye warns against misuse of police power" (p. 1), "United Methodist Church conducts survey of Issei-Nisei congregations" (p. 3), "Politicians once had a field day with racial slur" (p. 6).
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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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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 13 (March 31, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-13)
Selected article titles: "U.S. supreme court calls Nisei to argue Loving case" (p. 1), "Youth Brotherhood Award started" (p. 1), "Juvenile problems will never cease" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 5 (February 6, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-5)
Selected article titles: "Seats limited for Matsunaga talk" (p. 1), "'Project Reading' to be emphasized, ethnic studies also planned in Fowler" (p. 1), "School supplies and craft material needed for shipment to U.S. Indians" (p. 1), "Industrial security act passes 274-65" (p. 1), "JACL pursues justice on Dr. Noguchi case" (p. 1), "Parents held responsible for …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 14 (April 10, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-14)
Selected article titles: "Elks membership storm smolders" (p. 1), "Descendants in U.S. Negro" (p. 1), "Nisei prof criticizes American attitudes about environment" (p. 1), "Hawaii judge overturns divorce law requiring one-year residency in state" (p. 1), "U.S. Supreme Court accepts plea over voter literacy requirement" (p. 3), "Brazilians quit Mexico for Cuba" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 24 (June 19, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-24)
Selected article titles: "Inouye fears age of terror, repression" (p. 1), "E. Warren for evacuee seeking retirement help" (p. 1), "Denver community relations commission, Yasui under fire" (p. 1), "Student letter to chapter board spurs parents to rap with college students" (p. 4), "Asian studies coalition formed" (p. 4), "Jr. JACLs have mixed emotions about Convention" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 10 (March 13, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-10)
Selected article titles: "White-only membership of Elks' struck on three fronts" (p. 1), "Kashiwa lauds Buddhism in U.S. for keeping crime rate down" (p. 1), "City Councils, local groups continue to be approached by JACLers" (p. 1), "Honolulu Elk member protests racial restriction" (p. 2), "Campus violence due to drop, says Heyns" (p. 3), "Resolutions Against …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 4 (July 24, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-29)
Selected article titles: "Murder stuns Convention; youth maintain calm, order" (p. 1), "Elks to keep 'whites only' membership" (p. 1), "Extend young-adult concept to youth groups in regular JACL" (p. 3).
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Ken Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-5)
Ken Inose was born in 1933 in Los Angeles, California, as one of four children to Sejiro and Yoshiko Inose. Before World War II, Ken lived in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles where he had ethnically diverse neighbors. His father was a salesman and his mother was a housewife. When the war broke out, …
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Bob Suzuki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-452)
Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at …
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Clifford Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-122-19)
Nisei male. Born January 14, 1917, in Olympia, Washington. Raised in Washington before attending the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1940. Earned medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed his residency at Harvard Medical School in 1949. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and …
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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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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 10 (March 10, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-10)
Selected article titles: "Nipponmachi Renewal" (p. 1), "Japan does best job teaching mathematics, U.S. ranks 8th" (p. 1), "Maryland Mixed Marriage Ban Repealed: Washington, D.C. JACL Active in Push to Repeal Old Law" (p. 1), "D.C. installation oratory placed in the Congressional Record" (p. 1), "Episodes of Evacuation: Crystal City internment" (p. 2), "MDYC workshop to …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 3 (January 20, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-3)
Selected article titles: "Immigration amendments ease part of Japan backlog" (p. 1), "Patsy and Spark vote on Powell censure" (p. 1), "U.S. Supreme Court upholds revoking of unauthorized use of passports" (p. 1), "Sheridan, Wyo., once a lively town with 120 Japanese, now down to one" (p. 3), "Pearl Harbor anniversary void of hate but one …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 3 (July 17, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-28)
Selected article titles: "High convention cost scrutinized" (p. 1), "Joe Grant Masaoka dead" (p. Reparations bill sought by NC-WNDC for all Japanese American evacuees" (p. 1), "'Orientals' added to education code" (p. 1), "JACL ethnic heritage committee proposed in Ishimaru report" (p. 4), "Check police behavior, not suspect's" (p. 5), "Need for Asian American Studies" (p. …
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Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 20, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-767)
Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 20, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: reading correspondence regarding Japanese Americans, summery of recent board meeting, planned community outreach regarding public sentiment towards Japanese Americans, and planning financial assistance for Japanese Americans.
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Seattle JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-sjacl-2)
In September 2021, the Seattle Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) celebrated its 100th Anniversary. This collection of interviews is a part of Seattle JACL's project to document and pass on its history and legacy. Underwritten by grants from the National JACL Legacy Fund and the Robert Chinn Foundation, teams of Seattle JACL members and …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 2 (January 12, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-2)
Selected article titles: "Race not important in determining whether one tolerates or rejects transplanted organ, says Nisei" (p. 1), "JACL can take on part of Negro problem, Marutani tells CCDC" (p. 1), "An unselfish Issei who comforted the needy, the sick for 50 years honored by Salt Lake" (p. 1), "Four couples cited for giving comfort …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 4 (January 27, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-4)
Selected article titles: "Nisei in federal civil service well placed and paid, tally finds" (p. 1), "JACL and politics on Interim board meeting agenda" (p. 1), "Japanese okay but Negroes barred from apartment" (p. 1), "Prop. 15 official count by counties disclosed" (p. 3), "1st Issei physician trained in U.S., Dr. Katsuki, dies in Hawaii; was …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 18 (May 4, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-18)
Selected article titles: "Use of Confidential Information in Deportation Cases Being Challenged" (p. 1), "Form Group to Rid Alien Land Law at Election" (p. 1), "Reallocation of Asian Refugee Quota Sought" (p. 1), "Delinquency, FEPC topics at East L.A. meeting" (p. 1), "Supreme Court ruling on Jim Crowism in intrastate bus travel pondered" (p. 2), "Chinese …