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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 14 No. 161 (January 1942) (ddr-pc-14-1)

Selected article titles: "Mrs. Roosevelt Asks Tolerance" (p. 1), "Let This Be Our Vow for 1942: To Serve America" (p. 1), "Uniting for Democracy" (p. 1), '"Truly as American as the Rest of Us'" (p. 3), "Seattle Times Urges Just Treatment" (p. 7), "Aliens Over 14 Required to File For Certificates of Identification" (p. 9), "JACL …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 22 (October 29, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-21)

Selected article titles: "Resettlement Problems Will Be Discussed at Special Meeting of JACL Leaders in Salt Lake City" (p. 1), "23 Thousand Evacuated to Inland Canada" (p. 1), "25 Nisei Students, Not 300 Enroll at Nebraska University" (p. 2), "Hirabayashi Loses First Legal Evacuation Test; Will Appeal" (p. 2), "Army Will Complete Evacuation Role Nov. 1, …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 20 (November 18, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-47)

Selected article titles: "California State Guard Chief Says Returning Evacuees Will Be Protected from Violence" (p. 1), "Japanese American Combat Team Attached to Famous Texas Division in France" (p. 20, "Wounded Nisei War Veteran Ejected from Barber Shop" (p. 2), "Nisei Who Urged Volunteering for Army Killed in Action" (p. 3), "JACL to Hold Conference on …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 20 (November 23, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-47)

Selected article titles: "British Columbia Groups Call For Voting Privileges for Citizens of Oriental Descent" (p. 1), "National JACL Enters Case Challenging Segregation of Mexican American Children" (p. 1), "Army Trains 1500 Nisei GIs for Jobs in Japan Occupation" (p. 2), "Canadian Evacuees Advised Not to Accept Payment Checks" (p. 2), "Returned Evacuees Discover Graves Desecrated …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 6 (August 7, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-31)

Selected article titles: "'Tokyo Rose' Declares She Has Never Been Notified by U.S. Of Projected Treason Trial" (p. 1), "JACL Opposes Activation Of Future Segregated Units for Japanese American Gis" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Renunciant Seeks Return of Citizenship Rights" (p. 1), "Nisei May Be Eligibla for Japan Tours. No Side Trips Will Be Permitted Under …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 24 (June 23, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-25)

Selected article titles: "California Legislature Votes to Return Escheat Funds, Restores Liquor License" (p. 1), "JACL Official Cites Changes in Status of Nisei in America" (p. 1), "Restoration of U.S. Citizenship To Strandees Who Voted in '46 in Japan Asked in New Bill" (p. 2), "Ninth Circuit Court Reverses Ruling Restoring Citizenship To Nisei Who Voted …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 12 (March 24, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-12)

Selected article titles: "MGM Studio Makes $3,500 Contribution to JACL Fund" (p. 1), "ADC Director Confers With Officials on Compromise for Evacuation Claims Payments" (p. 1), "Appeals Court Hears Plea from 'Tokyo Rose' Attorney" (p. 2), "State Department Aide Backs Removal of Race Bias From Country's Immigration Laws" (p. 3), "Catholic Group Asks Quota Be Extended …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 13 (September 24, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-38)

Selected article titles: "Ask Evacuees Take Care in Filing Forms. Justice Department Advises Claimants to Check Statements" (p. 1), "Nisei Army Officers on Duty in Japan Barred from British Occupation Force Rest Hotels" (p. 1), "JACL Credited with Success in Nisei Effort to Win Equality Before Law, Says ACLU Report" (p. 3), "Alien Property Office Extends …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 11 (September 10, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-36)

Selected article titles: "Mrs. d'Aquino Tells Own Story at Trial for Treason" (p. 1), "Report JACL Will Oppose Nomination of Bendetsen to Key Army Department Post" (p. 1), "Councilman Discloses Housing Prejudice in Los Angeles" (p. 2), "Seek Foster Homes for Nisei Children in Los Angeles Area" (p. 3), "Honolulu Japanese Chamber Group Votes Non-Communist Oath …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 7 (February 18, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-7)

Selected article titles: "Nine Japanese Americans Win Election, 23 Nominated for Hawaii Constitutional Meet" (p. 1), "Not Opposed to Issei Citizenship, Says Russell. Georgia Senator Indicates He Will No Longer Object to Naturalization Equality Bill" (p. 1), "Veterans of 442nd Will Be Honored by Tokyo Government" (p. 1), "JACL Initiates New National Program to Eliminate Bias …

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doc JACL Oath of Allegiance (ddr-densho-493-15)

Oath of allegiance to the United States signed by Tomio Itabashi, of the Valley Civic League chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. Text reads: "Text reads: "I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 17, 1938 (ddr-csujad-44-102)

Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League meeting. Includes reports on profits from recent benefit shows, donations, and a request from the national headquarters that the Monterey Peninsula JACL reconsider its decision to drop out of the national chapter. Members vote in favor of remaining a part of the National Council and the Northern …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 4 (January 25, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-4)

Selected article titles: "Builders using gov't financing sued for race bias in selling tract homes" (p. 1); "Eisenhower urges statehood for Hawaii & Alaska" (p.1); "Japan refugee returns home after year stay in California, in Uncle Sam uniform" (p. 1); "Nisei opera soloist set for S.F. season" (p. 2); "Temporary farm worker program extended for Mexicans; …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 25 (December 19,1969) (ddr-pc-41-51)

Select article titles: "Brief History of Japanese in Colusa County: Shadow of Its Former Self" (A p. 1); "New history reveals Issei as ideal builders in America despite variances" (A p. 9); "For Better Americans in a Greater America" (D. p. 11); "In a Democracy laws are the people's safeguard" (Supplement p. 3); "The Japanese American: …

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doc Letter regarding redress plan (ddr-densho-274-67)

Letter sent to Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) members updating the status of the national redress plan. Contains a summary of responses to "Appeal to Action" questionnaire filled out by members.

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

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

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 11 (October 9, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-36)

Selected article titles: "Nikkei Crowd Jams Smithsonian Exhibit" (pp. 1, 6), "JACL Says Redress Now, Bork Later" (pp. 1, 8), "Yasui Coram Nobis Update" (pp. 3, 8), and "'Asian Americans and the Death of the Constitution'" (pp. 5-6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 13 (September 26, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-38)

Selected article titles: "Ex-WRA Worker Helping Resettle Vietnam Refugees" (p. 1), "JACL California Tri-District: Stronger National Voiced" (pp. 1-2), "Wendy M. Yoshimura: Sansei Arrested with Patty Hearst" (p. 1), and "Minority One: Hawaii Revisited" (p. 2).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 9 (March 4, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-9)

Selected article titles: "Army Revises Prohibited Zone in Arizona" (p. 1), "200 Persons Evacuated from Sixty-Mile Strip to Return to Former Homes Under Ruling" (p. 1), "JACL Challenges Dual Citizen Issue Raised by Race-Baiters" (p. 1), "Army's Nisei Combat Unit To Be Activated" (p. 1), "First Nisei Graduates from Officer Candidate School" (p. 2), "Chinese American …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 17 (April 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-17)

Selected article titles: "House Group Hears Please for Judd Measure. Witnesses Urge Congress Pass Bill to Give Naturalization Privilege to Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "ACLU Attacks California Law Barring Japanese Fishermen" (p. 1), "British Columbia Proposes Lifting of Employment Bans On Japanese Canadian Group" (p. 3), "Restrictive Covenant Suit Seeks Nisei Ouster from Fresno Home" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 2 (January 10, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-2)

Selected article titles: "Defense Counsel in Tokyo Nisei Case Charges Use of Force by Army Investigators" (p. 1), "Masaoka Seeks White House Support for ADC Proposals" (p. 1), "JACL Files Supreme Court Brief in Oriental American Restrictive Covenant Cases" (p. 1), "Alien Property Office Explains Regulations for Recovery Of Claims on Japanese Banks" (p. 2), "Japanese …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 25 (December 29, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-52)

Selected article titles: "Masaoka Presents JACL's Recommendations to Expedite Evacuation Claims Program" (p. 1), "Report 26 Nisei Soldiers War Prisoners in Korea" (p. 1), "Immigration Board to Hear Arguments in Deportations Involving Proscribed Groups" (p. 3), "Housewife Turns Sprinkler on Nisei Gardener Pickets" (p. 3), "Hirabayashis Take Children, 40 Pairs of Shoes to Beirut" (p. 7), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 10 (March 10, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-10)

Selected article titles: "Justice Department Requests Authority for Compromise Plan to Settle Claims of Evacuees" (p. 1), "JACL Asks End of Racial Bias in Citizenship Law. Masaoka Wins Commendation for Plea Before Joint Meet on Proposed Omnibus Law" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Rules Nisei Voted Under Duress in Japan" (p. 1), "Japanese American Family, Barred from …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 10 (September 4, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-35)

Selected article titles: "Hito Okada Reelected JACL President. Close Races Mark Contests in First Popular Election in History of Organization" (p. 1), "Kawakita Convicted on Eight Counts in Treason Trial" (p. 1), "Myer Notes Discrimination Against Nisei Group on Wane" (p. 2), "Japanese Court Affirms U.S. Citizenship of Stranded Nisei" (p. 6), "Circuit Court Ruling Seen …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 13 (April 1, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-13)

Selected article titles: "See Senate Delay on Issei Citizenship Bill. Walter Resolution Must Await Next Call of Calendar" (p. 1), "Judge Clarke Denies State's Motion for New Trial in Masaoka Land Law Test Case" (p. 1), "Hail Decision Outlawing State Land Law in Masaoka Case" (p. 1), "Work of Masaoka, JACL Known in Japan, Says Finch" …

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