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Narrator Andy Noguchi

Sansei male. President of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1999, and one of the authors of a resolution to recognize the constitutional stand of the World War II resisters of conscience.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/167/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, December 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-377)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes report on Japanese American Citizens League conference. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0379

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-377/

img J.A.C.L. formal dinner party (ddr-densho-201-455)

Japanese American Citizens League formal dinner party, occasion unknown. Caption on reverse: "Shanafelt & Onffroy Fine Photography; Phone 2457-W 600 Shoshone Ave.; Boise, Idaho."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-455/

doc JACL Public Relations Committee sugguestions (ddr-densho-280-42)

This document was written after the JACL's 16th Biennial National Convention in Sacramento, California. The document details their PR practices and offers suggestions for future conventions.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-280-42/

doc JACL 17th Biennial National Convention welcome drafts (ddr-densho-280-31)

Joe Hamanaka brainstormed welcome slogans and phrases for the Japanese American Citizens League's 17th Biennial Convention. Notes are written on the back of a Grant Advertising, Inc. flyer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-280-31/

doc Campaign letter for SJR 21 from JACL (ddr-densho-280-27)

This letter from the Japanese American Citizens League encourages Washington state voters to vote "yes" for Senate Joint Resolution No. 21, which would abolish restrictions on land ownership. It details the reasons a similar resolution did not pass two years ago and encourages readers to spread the word about SJR 21.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-280-27/

img Mike Masaoka with friends prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-129)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Mike Masaoka (second from left), national secretary and field executive of Japanese American Citizens League, and a group of friends chat before evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-129/

doc Testimony of Earl Nishimura (ddr-densho-67-139)

Written testimony of Earl Nishimura, President of the Honolulu, Hawaii, Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "The Hawaiian Experience." Personal information excised by Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-139/

doc Opening remarks to JACL meeting (ddr-densho-345-73)

Frank Sato's opening remarks to a meeting of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) with other redress groups. He calls for the JACL and these redress groups to put aside their differences and work together to achieve the larger goal of the redress movement.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-73/

doc Japanese American Creed (ddr-csujad-55-357)

Transcription of Japanese American Creed written and read by Mike Masaoka, reprinted by Japanese American Citizens League. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0359

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-357/

doc Meeting Minutes from the Special National Board Meeting of the Japanese American Citizens League on March 8, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-768)

Meeting minutes from the JACL Special Nation Board Meeting. Topics include bids for national membership, future organization and activities, Appointment of national committee chairmen, nomination of officers, Washington representative, Special report on evacuation, and discussion on general evacuation principles.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-768/

doc Letter from Mito to Michi Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-43)

A letter from Mito to Michi Weglyn praising Frank Emi and criticizing the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_02_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-43/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, August 31, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-103)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin about investigating allegations against the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_08_005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-103/

img Japanese American Citizens League bulletin board (ddr-densho-151-212)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Bulletin board in Japanese American Citizens League office, during period when farmers of Japanese ancestry were preparing for evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-212/

doc Japanese American incarceration: a case for redress (ddr-csujad-55-912)

Leaflet by the Japanese American Citizens League promoting support for the redress of civil liberties violations against Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0914

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-912/

Collection New Mexico JACL Collection (ddr-densho-1009)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the New Mexico chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.

For more information about the chapter, please visit www.nmjacl.org.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009/

doc 31 Res.-13 Recognition of Draft Resisters (ddr-csujad-24-76)

A resolution by the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) recognizing the sacrifices and courage of Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_06_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-76/

Narrator Seichi Hayashida

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/17/

vh Seichi Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-14)

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-14/

img Registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-80)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. Bush Street, San Francisco. Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for "processing" in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-80/

doc "First Postwar Pacific Northwest JACL Convention 1951" (ddr-densho-201-464)

Program for the 1951 Pacific Northwest Japanese American Citizens League Convention. Title on cover: "First Postwar Pacific Northwest JACL Convention 1951; 'The JACL Comes of Age'; 21st Anniversary; September 1, 2, 3 - Bush Hotel - Seattle, Washington." Includes photographs, advertisements, schedules, a letter from William Devin, Mayor of Seattle, a letter from Harry Takagi, Pacific …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-464/

doc JACL emergency meeting minutes (ddr-densho-274-26)

Minutes of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) National Board emergency meeting held on March 8-10, 1942 in San Francisco, CA. Among the topics discussed: JACL stance on mass removal, budget review, reports from JACL committees and district chapters and Mike Masaoka's controversial "branding" statement.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-26/

Collection Ron Ikejiri Collection (ddr-densho-393)

Ronald Ikejiri worked on the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Incarceration of Citizens (CWRIC) as a representative for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) to Washington, DC. The collection consists of photos and correspondence from that period as well as several family photos.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-393/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-761)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 6, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: reading of correspondence regarding Issei being detained by authorities, relief funds frozen as some of the account holders were Issei, Japanese American Citizens' League seeking advise, and violence by Filipino Americans against Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-761/

Letter from Sharon Marie Tanihara to Mr. Jerry Enomoto, Chairperson, Legislative Education Committee, Japanese American Citizens League, February 15, 1990 (ddr-csujad-55-2054)

doc Letter from Sharon Marie Tanihara to Mr. Jerry Enomoto, Chairperson, Legislative Education Committee, Japanese American Citizens League, February 15, 1990 (ddr-csujad-55-2054)

Correspondence from Sharon Tanihara to Jerry Enomoto of the Japanese American Citizens League regarding Tanihara's argument about her eligibility for redress payments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2157

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2054/

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