Japanese Canadians

Japanese-Canadians on a train to an incarceration camp

A few men look out the windows of a train while a group of men look up towards the train windows. The caption above the photo reads, "Internment Bound--Japanese-Canadians get in a final farewell as a train, bound for an internment camp, leaves Vancouver in 1942. No Canadian of Japanese …
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 34 (May 6, 1947)

"House Unit Hearing on H.R. 2933 Finished" (p. 1), "Lifts Curbs on Japanese East of B.C." (p. 1), "Geisha Girls Are Having a Rough Time Under Allied Rule, It Says Here" (p. 4).
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 21 (March 21, 1947)

"Unions Reject Alaska Industrial Offer" (p. 1), "B.C. Students Ask Citizenship for Japanese, Indians" (p. 1), "Yoshida Urges U.S. to Stay in Japan to Insure Peace" (p. 1)
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Incarceration during World War II

Japanese-Canadians on a train to an incarceration camp

A few men look out the windows of a train while a group of men look up towards the train windows. The caption above the photo reads, "Internment Bound--Japanese-Canadians get in a final farewell as a train, bound for an internment camp, leaves Vancouver in 1942. No Canadian of Japanese …
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'Playful' Japs, Detained In B.C., Stage Riot (May 14, 1942)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 14, 1942, p. 14
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B.C. Japs, Sent Inland, Can't Take Families (March 23, 1942)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 23, 1942, p. 9
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Life in Canada

Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 13 (March 29, 1957)

Select article titles: "JACL seeks deletion of 'Fuzz Young' text, use of 'Japs' may bias children" (p. 1); "First Japanese PW Taken in WW2 Found Working For Car Firm" (p. 1); "Nat'l Campaign on Anti-Nisei TV-Films Opens" (p. 1); "Hearing dates for Hawaii statehood set in both Houses" (p. 1); …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 16 (October 17, 1958)

Select article titles: "JACL hails quick FBI move against Jewish temple vandals" (p.1); "Racial discrimination in home-buying hits Toronto area Japanese for 1st time" (p.2)
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Redress and reparations

Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 2 (July 14, 1972)

Selected article titles: "Congress Cites Issei Contributions: (p.1-2), "Japan Gov't Recognizes Nisei as Americans" (p.1-2), "Congress Shown Several Options to Hand Evacuees Reparations" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 12 (September 16, 1977)

Selected article titles: "Judge Cites Residency Law in Hawaii 'Unconstitutional'" (p.1-2), "Sansei Slain in S.F. Chinatown Restaurant" (p.1, 3), "The Okubo-Yamada Case: Seven Years Later" (p.1), "Tax Credit Proposed as Reparations" (p.3), "San Francisco Kimochi Seeks Issei 'Board and Care' Home" (p.7).
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