They Called Us Enemy
- Annotation:
- George Takei, actor and civil rights activist, reflects on the experiences of his family during the internment of Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- Creators:
- Author - George Takei
- Author - Justin Eisinger
- Author - Steven Scott
- Illustrator - Harmony Becker
- Publication Information:
- Top Shelf Productions, Marietta, GA, 2019
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Autobiography/Memoir
- Bibliography Available:
- No
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States
- Geographic Setting:
- California
- Arkansas
- United States
- Date Range:
- 1935 - 2018
- Awards:
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature (Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association)
- Tags:
- George Takei, Japanese Americans, internment, Pearl Harbor, racism, Rowher Relocation Center (Arkansas), Camp Tule Lake (California), World War II, Japan, Takeyuma Norman Takei, Fumiko Emily Nakamura Takei, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Notes:
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