The galvanizing event that turns America against the Japanese is the attack on Pearl Harbor. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.George is a child when his family relocates to Camp Rohwer, a detention facility in Arkansas. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten 'relocation centers', hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.
In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's - and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon - and America itself - in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program Contributor Densho Language English Publication date 2019 Topics Takei, George, 1937- Comic books, strips, etc, Takei, George, 1937- Childhood and youth - Comic books, strips, etc, Takei, George, 1937- Cartoons and comics, Takei, George, 1937-, Takei, George 1940-, Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945), Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Comic books, strips, etc, Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc, Actors - Cartoons and comics, Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Cartoons and comics, World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Cartoons and comics, Japanese - United States - History - Cartoons and comics, Graphic novels, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Biography, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / LGBT, Japanese Americans, Weltkrieg 1939-1945, California - History - 1850-1950 - Comic books, strips, etc Publisher Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing Collection inlibrary printdisabled digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration americana Digitizing sponsor U.S.
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