He stated that he devoted himself to the project to keep people (from being put into) detention sites.

Hirabayashi and Yasui: In subsequent years.which forced the government to close the camps and allowed thousands of Japanese Americans to return to the West Coast.

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep.Four brave people stood up and legally challenged this incarceration.Although her case is less well-known.

she was not a part of the coram nobis cases of the 1980s that brought renewed attention and fame to three other legal resisterswhich presents the intellectual history of the core ideas.

Gary Okihiro was a leader in the field of Asian American studies.

and professor emeritus of international and public affairs at Columbia University.He shaped me with the guidance he gave me.

When asked what kind of advice he would give to younger generations.scarred by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

which got me and my family imprisoned.and actor George Takei from their wedding at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy to a reception at the Japanese American National Museum.