Subject Matter
Genres:
biography, historical, non-fiction, opinion
Character(s):
George Takei; Henry Takei; Takekuma Norman Takei; Fumiko Emily Nakamura Takei; Mrs. Takahashi; Mrs. Yasuda; Florence Kubota; Japanese Americans; soldiers; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Earl Warren; General John L. DeWitt; Senator Tom Stewart; Harry S Truman; Senator Daniel K. Inouye; Bill Clinton; Herbert Nicholson; Fred Korematsu; Francis Biddle; Senator Richard Russell; Wayne Collins; Theodore "Ted" Tamba; Mrs. Rugen; Nichelle Nichols; the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Adlai Stevenson; Lucille Ball; Desi Arnaz; D. C. Fontana; Gene Roddenberry; Fred Ishimoto; Ronald Reagan; Barack Obama; imprisoned Latin Americans; Muslims barred from the U. S.; Justice Hugo Black; Justice Sonia Sotomayor; Brad Altman
First Line:
George! Henry! Get up at once!
Synopsis:
George Takei and his family are rounded up and imprisoned with other Japanese Americans during World War II. They are able to keep their family together, and his father takes leadership in the internment camp. Eventually legal actions release the prisoners, and reverse some of the actions taken against them. George Takei goes into acting, in particular becoming one of the stars of Star Trek. He later campaigns for restitution to the Japanese Americans, and for others in need of justice.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
200