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997 items
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 8 (February 23, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-8)
Selected article titles: "Kido Reiterates Determination to Leave JACL Presidency on Eve of Convention in Denver" (p. 1), "Seven Draft Case Leaders Win Release" (p. 1), "Report Notices for Release From Detention Received for Some Renunciants in Tule Lake" (p. 2), "Seattle Woman Regains U.S. Citizenship by Court Action" (p. 2), "Army Investigates Charge Nisei Discriminated …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 37 No. 5 (July 31, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-31)
Selected article titles: "House DP immigration bill includes Japanese" (p. 1), "Seattle next site of 442nd RCT 15th anniversary reunion in '58" (p. 1), "Resolution admitting 500 U.S.-adopted war orphans from Japan and Korea sent to White House for Ike's signature" (p. 1), "Equal consideration for Japanese in Trading With Enemy Act amendments plea of JACL …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 8 (February 26, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-8)
Selected article titles: "Asian administrators wanted at Seattle community college" (p. 1), "Work incentive plan proposed to reduce public welfare rolls" (p. 1), "Kitano talks to full house on 'racism'" (p. 1), "United Way 'tokenism' angers JACs to raise $50,000 on its own" (p. 2), "Asian Yale students receive apology from radio d.j. on ill-conceived joke" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 11 (March 19, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-11)
Selected article titles: "JACL rebuts JACP charge of undue pressure tactics" (p. 1), "Seattle Community College seeking Asian administrators" (p. 1), "Nisei voice added to Oakland schools" (p. 1), "Nisei actor fired from 'Pueblo' role" (p. 1), "3-way telephone link with interpreter, school and inquirer started in S.F." (p. 1), "'Subversion?', new TV documentary on Evacuation, …
Narrator Elaine Akagi
In this session, Elaine Kim led a panel of Elaine Reiko Akagi's friends (Ann Fujii Lindwall, Arlene Oki, Karen Yoshitomi, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance conversation on Akagi. Elaine Reiko Akagi devoted her life to JACL, teaching children with special education needs, and a love of animals She was active in the Detroit Jr. JACL …
Narrator Ann Fujii Lindwall
In this session, Elaine Kim led a panel of Elaine Reiko Akagi's friends (Ann Fujii Lindwall, Arlene Oki, Karen Yoshitomi, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance conversation on Akagi. Elaine Reiko Akagi devoted her life to JACL, teaching children with special education needs, and a love of animals She was active in the Detroit Jr. JACL …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 7 (February 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-7)
Selected article titles: "President Truman Pays High Tribute to Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Barbed Refuses Nisei GI, Army Captain Apologizes" (p. 1), "Men of 442nd in Hawaii Form Veterans Group" (p. 1), "JACL to Hold National Meet in Denver to Discuss Post-War Problems of Nisei" (p. 1), "Eight Thousand Repatriated Through Port of Seattle" (p. 1), …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 15 (April 16, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-15)
Selected article titles: "Report JACL ADC to Oppose Racial Segregation in Army At Coming Committee Hearing" (p. 1), "Judge Goodman Signs Judgment For Renunciants" (p. 1), "Right of Nisei to Regain Confiscated Property Upheld" (p. 1), "Seek Recognition for Claims of Evacuees from Alaska" (p. 3), "Seattle Nisei Have Not Regained Economic Status of Pre-war Era" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 12 (March 27, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-12)
Selected article titles: "JACL brands Japanese American students smart, affluent a myth" (p. 1), "Asian Americans protest attitude of Area Crusade" (p. 1), "Title II repeal hearings open: Goldberg calls it unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Asians picket Seattle NVC fete at Elks Club. Quiet Demonstration Against 'White Only' Elk Policy, Patronage" (p. 3), "Brazilian Nisei among 5 …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 24 (June 18, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-24)
Selected article titles: "St. Mary's Drum & Bugle Corps: Chinese rejects Elks parade invite" (p. 1), "New York JACL fights in court to have 'JAP' trademark banned" (p. 1), "Industrialist predicts private clubs will drop restrictive policy in '70s" (p. 1), "Seattle human relations dept. needs more bite in subpoenas, from budget" (p. 1), "Japan publicizes …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 10 (September 3, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-36)
Selected article titles: "Senate Tightens Immigrations Bill, All Racial Quotas Removed" (p.1-2), "Earl Finch, Godfather of 442d, Heart Attack Victim at Age 49" (p.1, 5), "President's Corner: Civil Rights and the JACL" (p.1), "House Immigration Debate" (p.2), "Sponsors Deny Nisei Cast in Bad Light on 'FBI' Teleplay" (p.3), "Seattle Wonders if 'Watts Riot' Could Spark as …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 25 (June 25, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-25)
Selected article titles: "Japan Supreme Court Rules on Nisei Case. Upsets Ruling Which Permitted Divestiture of Japanese Citizenship" (p. 1), "20th Century-Fox May Film Documentary Story of Nisei" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Urges Civil Rights Laws as Bulwark Against Mass Evacuation in Future" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians Take Part in British Columbia Elections For First Time …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 18 (May 8, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-18)
Selected article titles: "What are social service needs in the community?" (p. 1), "Prospects dim for resolution urging Elks to open membership" (p. 1), "Seattle Central Area residents frightened by bomb terrorism" (p. 1), "Racial bias, distortions noted in three Calif. state textbooks" (p. 1), "Title II campaign: Hearings resume May 11 with Nixon man on …
Narrator Arlene Oki
Elaine Kim and Dr. Kyle Kinoshita interviewed Arlene Oki. Oki is a longtime Seattle JACLer and is the heart of the Seattle JACL Board for over 40 years. She began as a recording secretary at a critical time during Redress and witnessed the heated conflicts during the hammering out of Seattle's leadership of the movement. Oki …
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Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1002-2)
Issei male. Born 1912 in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative use of …
Narrator John Kanda
Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 28 (December 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-20)
Selected article titles: "Rules Clarify Stored Goods of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Federal Employment Outlook Held Promising for Evacuees" (p. 1), "$3000 Donated By Seattle JACL For Relocation" (p. 1), "Data On Harvest Conditions Sought Thru Questionnaire" (p. 1), "Art Exhibit Scheduled in January" (p. 3), "284 Colleges On Approved Army List for Evacuees" (p. 3), "Tule …
Narrator Kip Tokuda
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
Narrator Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
Narrator Barbara Lui
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 3 (January 21, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-3)
Selected article titles: "State, Justice Departments Set Procedure to Restore Citizenship to Renunciants" (p. 1), "JACL Moves to Alleviate Job Bias Against Nisei. Plan Program of Cooperative Activity With U.S. Employment Service to Reduce Prejudice" (p. 1), "Report High Employer Bias Against California Orientals" (p. 1), "Washington Survey Discloses Prejudices of White Residents Toward Non-Caucasian Group" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 25 (June 22, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-25)
Selected article titles: "Senate unanimously approves claim bill amendment, need House okay. Senate version limits compromise to $100,000; House bill has no ceiling" (p. 1), "JACL Urges House By-Pass Confab On Senate Action" (p. 1), "President signs amendment to Fulbright Act" (p. 1), "Sacramento Japanese area to be demolished soon" (p. 1), ""Ex-Seattle Nisei attends first …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 9 (August 30, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-35)
Selected article titles: "Tone for JACL emphasis in next biennium set by Whitney Young" (p. 1), "JACLer of Biennium: Tak Kubota of Seattle" (p. 1), "Convention pays tribute to Inagaki" (p. 3), "Oriental influx to Monterey Park deplored by Negro. Wants 'out' if it's to be yellow ghetto" (p. 3), "Little Tokyo scouts to greet Japanese …
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Jim Akutsu Interview (ddr-densho-122-12)
Nisei male. Born 1920 in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of JACL. Resettled in Seattle, …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 22 (December 1, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-48)
Selected article titles: "Trailer Homes for Returning Evacuees" (p. 1), "Carusi Denies Bias on Nisei Travel Between U.S., Hawaii" (p. 1), "Reporter Unable to Discover Evidence of Any Nisei Part In Japanese Raid on Hawaii" (p. 2), "Gen. MacArthur Will Accept Repatriates from U.S., Says Justice Department Official" (p. 2), "First Tule Lake Group Deported on …