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Author:

Abe, Frank, author.

Title:

We hereby refuse : Japanese American resistance to wartime incarceration / written by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura ; art by Ross Ishikawa, Matt Sasaki.

Publisher:

Chin Music Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

160 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Japanese American families--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
Concentration camps--Comic books, strips, etc.
Race relations--Comic books, strips, etc.
United States--History--1933-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.

Other Authors:

Nimura, Tamiko F., author.
Sasaki, Matt, artist.
Ishikawa, Ross, artist.
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience.

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."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

163405976X
9781634059763

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090437033

LCCN:

2020952763

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)