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

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D769.8.A6 A34 2021

Overview

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.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Abe, Frank, 1951- author.
Published: Seattle : Chin Music Press, [2021]
©2021
Locale: United States
États-Unis
Edition: First edition
Other Authors/Editors: Nimura, Tamiko F., author.
Ishikawa, Ross, 1962- artist.
Sasaki, Matt, artist.

Subjects: Japanese American families--Comic books, strips, etc. Japanese Americans--Social conditions--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc. Internment camps--United States--Comic books, strips, etc. Race relations--Comic books, strips, etc. United States--History--1933-1945--Comic books, strips, etc. Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Comic books, strips, etc. Familles américaines d'origine japonaise--Bandes dessinées. Américains d'origine japonaise--Conditions sociales--20e siècle--Bandes dessinées. Camps d'internement--États-Unis--Bandes dessinées. Relations raciales--Bandes dessinées. États-Unis--Histoire--1933-1945--Bandes dessinées. Américains d'origine japonaise--Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945--Bandes dessinées. Race relations. Japanese Americans--Social conditions. Japanese American families. Internment camps. Japanese Americans. United States. History. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels.

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