SVJACL
Salinas Valley Japanese American Citizens League
est. 1932
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Salinas Valley JACL
Salinas Valley JACL
Become a member of SVJACL by contacting mbr@jacl.org. and identify Salinas Valley JACL as the chapter you'd like to join!
JACL: a nationwide organization
JACL: a nationwide organization
JACL, the Japanese American Citizens League, is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. Founded in 1929, it currently has over 100 chapters across the nation. JACL monitors and responds to issues that enhance or threaten the civil and human rights of all Americans and implements strategies to effect positive social change, particularly to the Asian Pacific American Community.
Salinas Temporary Detention Center California Registered Historical Landmark No. 934
Salinas Temporary Detention Center California Registered Historical Landmark No. 934
On February 19, 1984, California Historical Landmark No. 934 was erected by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the city of Salinas and the Japanese American Citizens League chapter of Salinas Valley, Gilroy, Monterey Peninsula, San Benito County, Watsonville at the site of the Salinas Assembly Center. The monument is dedicated to the 3,586 Monterey Bay Area residents of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens confined in the Salinas Rodeo Grounds from April to July 1942.
"They were detained without charges, trial, or establishment of guilt before being incarcerated in permanent camps, mostly at Poston, Arizona. May such injustice and humiliation never recur." (Historical Marker Database)
California Historical Landmark 934
Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans
Salinas Assembly Center
940 North Main Street
Sherwood Gardens Rodeo Grounds
Salinas, Year 1942
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