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Dr. Harry Kita, first president of Salinas Chapter of JACL in 1932.
History of the Salinas Chapter of JACL
History of the Salinas Chapter of JACL
The Salinas Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League formed in 1932. The first president was Dr. Harry Kita. Read more about the chapter from its formation in 1932 to its 50th anniversary celebration in 1982.
Early Japanese farmers in Salinas.
History of Japanese in the Salinas Valley
History of Japanese in the Salinas Valley
Read about the history of Japanese in the Salinas Valley from 1898-1982 in the SVJACL Golden Anniversary (February 20, 1982) program.
"The People Nobody Wants: The Plight of Japanese Americans in 1942" (published in the Saturday Evening Post, May 9, 1942)
"The People Nobody Wants: The Plight of Japanese Americans in 1942" (published in the Saturday Evening Post, May 9, 1942)
"I feel American. I think American. I talk American. My only connection with Japan is that I look Japanese." (Harry Y. Kita)
The forced removal of all people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast of the United States during WWII caused deep confusion and hardship for Japanese American citizens like farmer Takeo Yuki and Dr. Harry Kita who were interviewed by Frank Taylor for this story in the May 9, 1942 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. Taylor describes the impact on the Japanese community and exposes the opportunism that motivated members of the agricultural industry such as the Salinas Vegetable Grower-Shipper Association behind their support for the removal of the Japanese from the Salinas Valley.
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