Deciding to resist the curfew - Gordon Hirabayashi
During World War II, Gordon Hirabayashi challenged the curfew and removal orders being enforced against Japanese Americans on the West Coast. He turned himself in to the FBI, was found guilty, and served time for violating the curfew order and failing to report for "evacuation." In 1943 the Supreme Court upheld his convictions. In 1986, his case was reopened and his convictions surrounding the incarceration were vacated by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In this clip, Gordon talks his decision to resist the curfew.
This clip is an excerpt from Gordon Hirabayashi's Densho oral history interview conducted May 25, 1999. To see the complete interview segment, visit the Densho Digital Repository (http://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-18-13/).
More Information:
- Learning Center: http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/
- Timeline & Key Historical Dates (Japanese American Incarcertation): http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/timeline-jai/
- Shattering the Myth of the "Quiet American": http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/quite-american/
- Everyday Popular Resistance: http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/resistance/
- Gordon Hirabayashi: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Gordon_Hirabayashi/
- Hirabayashi v. United States: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Hirabayashi_v._United_States/
