They called us enemy [graphic novel]
Takei, George, 1937-2019
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George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. 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. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centres," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalised racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?
They called us enemy [graphic novel] / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker.
Takei, George, 1937-, authorEisinger, Justin, authorScott, Steven (Comics author), authorBecker, Harmony, artist
Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2019]©2019
204 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
Interest age level: 15-18 years.
9781603094504 (pbk)9781603094504
940.53089956073791.45028092B
English
Takei, George, 1937- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etcTakei, George, 1937- -- Comic books, strips, etcJapanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etcWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etcJapanese -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etcTelevision actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcActors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcNonfiction comicsAutobiographical comics
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Beaumaris Library | Teen Graphic Novel | T TAK | Available |