Slavery: prohibited by constitution Vol I (Article I, pg. 26-28, 102 of the State constitution, 1862); not allowed in California, Vol I , (Article I, pg. 459-460, "Fugitives from Labor" ; 3177 of the State constitution, 1862). Mulattoes: marriages...
Concurrent and joint resolutions opposing adoption of the fifteenth U.S. constitutional amendment, pp. 184, 198-199. Introduced by John S. Hager and William M. Gwin. The days to specifically look at is Friday, January 13, 1870, pages 180-184, and...
Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee [aacr2]; Trials -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne [lcsh]; District courts -- Wyoming --...
Courtroom photo of the sixty-three Heart Mountain draft resisters, members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee (U.S. District Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 10, 1944.) Newspapers reported it as "Largest Mass Trial in the History of Wyoming."
Endo, Mitsuye [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh];
Mitsuye Endo, an American citizen, was relocated to Tule Lake Relocation Center and then at Topaz Relocation Center. In 1944, attorneys argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on her behalf. The court rules that the War Relocation Authority may have...
Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 --...
The Japanese American community is divided on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reinstatement of a lawsuit seeking reparations for those interned during World War II. The lawsuit, Hohri v. United States 84-5460, was...
Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna]; Masaoka, Masaru Mike [aacr2]; Lobbyists [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh];
Mike Masaru Masaoka was the first national secretary of JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and is credited with making the association nationwide in scope. He and the JACL lobbied for and succeeded in the repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act...
Japanese American men [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Manzanar War Relocation Center [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh];
While their parents and families were still confined in internment camps, Niseis liberated villages all over Europe. The famous all-Nisei Combat Infantry 100/442d Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated group, and faced the highest casualty...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- California [lcsh];
The order for all persons of Japanese ancestry to register with the War Civilian Control Agency occurred upstairs in the Masonic Lodge building in Elk Grove.
Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
The order for all persons of Japanese ancestry to register with the War Civilian Control Agency occurred upstairs in the Masonic Lodge building in Elk Grove.
Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Rev. Jesse Jackson speech on the Passage of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1987. In his speech he states it "...is a step forward in fulfilling the unfinished agenda of justice and equality for all Americans."
Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Mineta, Norman Yoshio,...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reinstated a lawsuit seeking reparations for those interned during World War II. The lawsuit, Hohri v. United States 84-5460, was filed March of 1983 on behalf of all internees.
