The Japanese American Citizens League

Japanese American Citizens League

A photograph of the Fourth of July Parade in Monterey, California. The Japanese American Citizens League is represented by the banner. From page 56 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_56_001
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Digest of the West Coast Newspaper Items, December 6, 1945 to January 15, 1946

Factual information describing the activities of the Japanese Americans in the armed forces, Anti Japanese activities, housing of Japanese Americans in Burbank and other significant activities during the period from December 6, 1945 to January 15 , 1946. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Giri: kodomo no tame ni = For the sake of the children

Interview transcripts from oral histories with Sonoma County Japanese American families. Conducted by Sonoma County JACL Oral History Project. The book was published in 2003. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp041-01-012
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 5, 1995

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which criticizes the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for dismissing the Lim Report, a report commissioned by JACL in 1989 to determine the extent of their collaboration with Japanese American incarceration during Word War II. See this object in the California …
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Pacific Citizen

Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, May 31, 1993

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin. Also included is a letter to Weglyn and a letter written by Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen about Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_011
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JA community mourns death of historian and activist Michi Weglyn

An obituary of Michi Weglyn written by her lifelong friend Sachi W. Seko and published in "Pacific Citizen," the newspaper of the Japanese American Citizens league (JACL). The article is an emotional tribute to Weglyn and a vivid description of the end of her life. See this object in the …
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, April 07, 1998

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she compliments Chin, tells him about the many letters she needs to write, and offers to send him newspaper clippings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_01_005
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Japanese American Citizens League activities

Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942

Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, …
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, January 11, 1988

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin about someone named "William" who is writing a critique of "MOSES." Presumably Weglyn is referring to the 1987 book "They Call Me Moses Masaoka" by Mike Masaoka and Bill Hosokawa. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 5, 1995

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which criticizes the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for dismissing the Lim Report, a report commissioned by JACL in 1989 to determine the extent of their collaboration with Japanese American incarceration during Word War II. See this object in the California …
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