Gordon Hirabayashi

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi (Japanese: 平林潔, Hirabayashi Kiyoshi) (April 23, 1918 – January 2, 2012) was an American sociologist, best known for his principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II, and the court case which bears his name, Hirabayashi v. United States.

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    Romances I ne’er read like those I have seen.
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