Pacific Citizens

Greg Robinson is an associate professor of history at the University of Quebec, Montreal, and the author of several books, including A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America and By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans.

"This collection of the couples' personal letters and articles in the Pacific Citizens, and other publications is a positive example of how the United States corrects its errors and learns from them. . . . A welcome addition to the University of Illinois Press Asian American Experience series, providing fascinating insights into the struggles of Japanese Americans during the 20th century."--Journalism History"Fills a gap in the historical record by examining the main Japanese American newspaper published outside the camps. Pacific Citizens would be a welcome addition to college journalism classes about race, class, and gender."--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"A complex and nuanced portrait of Larry and Guyo Tajiri, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) newspaper, Pacific Citizen, and the National JACL."--Nichi Bei

• CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsSeries Foreword Roger DanielsForeword Harry K. HondaIntroduction: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and the Pacific CitizenChapter One: The Early Years1. "Sincerity/El Monte," Kashu Mainichi, June 9, 19333. "New Year's Day 1934," Kashu Mainichi, January 1, 19344. "Klieg Lights," Japanese American Courier, January 1, 19345. "Discriminatory Bugaboos," Kashu Mainichi, May 13, 19347. "As American Born Japanese View Their Role in the USA," Corpus Christi Times, March 1, 19358. "Inter-racial Marriage," Nichi Bei, June 24, 19359. "The Nisei: Queer People of the Pacific," Rafu Shimpo, December 2, 193511. "Japanese Farmers Suffer Losses in Cannery Strike," Rafu Shimpo, April 25, 193713. "The Worst Enemy," Nichi Bei, October 21, 193714. "Major Fighting is Over," Nichi Bei, January 1, 193815. "Japanese Spies," Nichi Bei, April 6, 193816. "State Primary Election Notes," Nichi Bei, August 28, 193817. "Nisei Writers and Fascism," Nichi Bei, August 18, 193919. "Name Unknown," Nichi Bei, October 18, 193920. "Lindy's New Role," Nichi Bei, August 19, 194021. "Race Prejudice," Nichi Bei, August 30, 194022. "A Nisei Writer, '41," Nichi Bei, January 1, 1941Chapter Two: Wartime Columns and Editorials1. "'TELEGRAM PHASE OVER!' U.S. Expects Nisei to Show Their Fealty in Action," JACD Newsletter, Dece2. "Over 200 Japanese Held as Dangerous Aliens in New York's Ellis Island," Nichi Bei, December 31,3. "What We Face as Citizens in the Present Crisis," Speech before United Citizens Federation, Febru4. "Vagaries: U.S. Nisei Lack Own Folk Music," Pacific Citizen, June 4, 19425. "Nisei USA," Pacific Citizen, June 25, 19426. "Filming the Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, October 15, 19427. "Nisei USA," Pacific Citizen, December 17, 19428. "Segregating the Disloyal," Pacific Citizen, February 25, 19439. "The Negro and Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, March 18, 194310. "Mrs. Roosevelt Investigates," Pacific Citizen, April 27, 194311. "Relocation," Topaz Trek, June 194312. "Malice in Wonderland," Pacific Citizen, September 25, 194313. "Mr. District Attorney," Pacific Citizen, November 13, 194314. "The Jap Questionnaire," Pacific Citizen, December 11, 194315. "Racial Problems and Faith in Democracy: A Double Bond between Japanese Americans and Japanese C16. "The Rocky Shimpo," Pacific Citizen, April 4, 194417. "The Bitter Harvest," Pacific Citizen, April 8, 194418. "33 Months since Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, November 18, 194419. "Death of an American," Pacific Citizen, April 14, 1945Chapter Three: Writings in Mainstream and Multiracial Publications1. "Democracy Corrects Its Own Mistakes," Asia and the Americas, April 19432. "Farewell to Little Tokyo," Common Ground, Winter 19443. "Racial Hysteria for Profit," New Leader, May 20, 19444. "Barriers to Acculturation," 17th Yearbook of the California Association of Elementary School Pri5. "Grim Precedent for Attacks on Minority Groups," NOW, Second Half September 19456. "The Evacuation: Last Phase," NOW, First Half October 19457. "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword," NOW, Second Half October 19458. "Plight of Japanese Canadians," NOW, First Half November 19459. "The Lost People of Tule Lake," NOW, Second Half November 194510. "Who Can't Be Assimilated?" NOW, First Half December 194511. "Secret War Role of the Nisei," NOW, Second Half December 194512. "There Is No Nisei Problem," NOW, First Half January 194613. "Nazis and the 'Yellow Peril'" NOW, First Half February 194614. "Hawaii: The 49th State," NOW, First Half March 194615. "Ben Kuroki's '59th Mission'," NOW, Second Half March 194616. "The Gentleman from Mississippi," NOW, First Half April 194617. "Japanese Evacuees Should Be Compensated," NOW, Second Half May 194618. "The Remaking of a Ghetto," NOW, Second Half June 194619. "The High Cost of Prejudice," NOW, July 1946Chapter Four: Wartime Correspondence1. Two Letters to Alan Cranston, February 25, 19422. Letter to Alan Cranston, April 14, 19423. Letter to Alan Cranston, April 25, 19424. Letter ot Carey McWilliams, June 15, 19426. Letter to Carey McWilliams, January 31, 19437. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 8, 19438. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 31, 194310. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, May 22, 194312. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, September 20, 194314. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, November 23, 194315. Letter to Fred Fertig, November 23, 194316. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, April 27, 194418. Letter to Carey McWilliams, July 31, 1945Chapter Five: Guyo Tajiri: Out from the Shadows1. "New York Vignettes," Nichi Bei, August 16, 19402. "Ann Nisei Says: Let's Decorate," Pacific Citizen, June 11, 19423. "Isamu Noguchi, Noted Sculptor, Casts His Lot with the Nisei," Pacific Citizen, July 2, 19424. "Experiences of Evacuation Provide Material for Literature," Pacific Citizen, January 7, 19435. "Mental, Moral Stamina Shown by Nisei in Relocation," Pacific Citizen, December 25, 19437. Letter to John B. Kitasako, December 28, 19449. "Ann Nisei Says: Relocated Evacuees Find Wider Horizons in East," Pacific Citizen, January 6, 19410. "Experiences in Internment told in 'Citizen 13660'," Pacific Citizen, October 5, 194611. "Karen Kehoe's 'City in the Sun'," Pacific Citiizen, December 7, 194612. "What Price Slum Clearance?" Pacific Citizen, July 31, 194813. "They Knew What They Wanted," Pacific Citizen, August 7, 194814. "'Tokyo Rose' Goes on Trial," Pacific Citizen, July 16, 194915. "The Trial of 'Tokyo Rose'," Pacific Citizen, October 15, 194916. El Sur de la Frontera," Pacific Citizen, January 2, 1953Illustrations follow page 188Chapter Six: Larry Tajiri's Postwar Writings1. "The Loaded Revolver," Pacific Citizen, December 7, 19462. "Nisei News Papers," Denver JACL News Bulletin, December 15, 19463. "Marshall and Nisei," Pacific Citizen, January 25, 19474. "A Time for Great Courage," Pacific Citizen, March 12, 19475. "A Film Hits Anti-Nisei Prejudice," Pacific Citizen, December 13, 19476. "Restrictive Covenants," Pacific Citizen, April 26, 19467. "The Decline of the 'Yellow Peril'," New Leader, June 26, 19488. "Governor Poindexter's Martial Law," Pacific Citizen, October 16, 19489. "The Story of Sessue Hayakawa," New Canadian, November 24, 194810. "Punishing a Legend," Pacific Citizen, October 8, 194911. "The Loaded Weapon," Pacific Citizen, February 25, 195012. "The Record Speaks," SCENE, March 195013. "An Afternoon in Seoul," Pacific Citizen, June 30, 195014. "A Sour Note in California," Pacific Citizen, October 21, 195015. "McCarthyism in the Elections," Pacific Citizen, November 4, 195016. "The Chinese Americans," Pacific Citizen, January 13, 195117. "Race Hatred Is a Business," Crossroads, January 25, 195118. "Classification by Race," Pacific Citizen, April 23, 195119. "Hate Films on Television," Pacific Citizen, July 8, 1951Chapter Seven: The Later Years1. "Ministry of Fear," Pacific Citizen, June 19, 19532. "The Bricker Amendment," Pacific Citizen, january 29, 19544. "McCarthy on the Spot," Pacific Citizen, March 18, 19546. "Warren: Growth in Stature," Pacific Citizen, June 13, 19548. "More Logical FDR had Selective Evacuation in Mind Signing Order, Pacific Citizen, December 19549. "Hope in New South," Pacific Citizen, Septimber 14, 195610. "The Foreign Language Press," Pacific Citizen, April 24, 195711. "Twain Meet in 'Sayonara' Drama," Denver Post, January 1. 195812. "Issue of Hawaiian Statehood," Pacific Citizen, March 14, 195813. "Denver Audience Will Help Garner Create a Program," Denver Post, March 12, 195914. "A Displaced Nisei in Amsterdam," Pacific Citizen, December 8, 196115, "Why 'Jap' is Offensive," Pacific Citizen, April 25, 196216. "Eleanor Roosevelt and the Nisei," Pacific Citizen, November 14, 196217. "Nisei Americans March for Civil Rights," Pacific Citizen, September 4, 196318. "Are you Being Played for a Sucker?" Pacific Citizen, October 2, 196419. "Meshiyas in Manhattan," Pacific Citizen, January 24, 1965AfterwordNotesIndexback cover