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We hereby refuse : Japanese American resistance to wartime incarceration

Author

Frank Abe

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 940.53 A138 (CEN)

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Edition

First [1] edition.

Publication Information

Seattle, Washington : Wing Luke Museum : Chin Music Press, [2021]

Physical Description

151 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

"Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused to fill out the "loyalty questionnaire" required by the US government. He and his family were segregated by the government and ostracized by the Japanese American community for being "disloyal." And Mitsuye Endo became a reluctant but willing plaintiff in a Supreme Court case that was eventually decided in her favor. These three stories show the devastating effects of the imprisonment, but also how widespread and varied the resistance was."--

Notes

"A Wing Luke Museum Book." - Page [152].

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