They Called Us Enemy By George Takei

They called us enemy details part of americas shameful past through the eyes of george takei sulu from star trek as a child.

They called us enemy by george takei. His father named him george after king george vi of the united kingdom whose coronation took place in 1937 shortly after takeis birth. An amazon best book of july 2019. They called us enemy co written with justin eisinger. Shortly after the bombing of pearl harbor 120000 japanese americans were rounded up and forced into internment camps for the next 4 years.

George hosato takei was born hosato takei on april 20 1937 in los angeles california to japanese american parents fumiko emily nakamura born in sacramento california and takekuma norman takei born in yamanashi prefecture who worked in real estate. An amazon best book of july 2019. Actor george takei has told his familys story in an autobiography a ted talk and a broadway musical. They called us enemy is a stunning graphic memoir recounting actorauthoractivist george takeis childhood imprisoned within american concentration camps during world war ii.

Takei still best known for playing sulu in the star trek franchise has turned his experience into a riveting graphic novel memoir. Made famous via his role as sulu in star trek george takei became a cultural phenomenon in the real world through his civil rights engagement and his support for democracynow in his graphic memoir they called us enemy takei reveals the story of his familys incarceration during the internment of japanese americans during world war ii. Made famous via his role as sulu in star trek george takei became a cultural phenomenon in the real world through his civil rights engagement and his support for democracynow in his graphic memoir they called us enemy takei reveals the story of his familys incarceration during the internment of japanese americans during world war ii. Buy they called us enemy 01 by takei george isbn.