Gordon Hirabayashi
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican sociologist (1918-2012)
United StatesLived 1918 to 2012 · aged 93Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist whose principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II included a 1943 Supreme Court challenge decided under the caption Hirabayashi v. United States. His conviction was overturned in 1986.
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Gordon Hirabayashi's draft registration card. Written in the left-hand margin: "I am a conscientious objector."
Gordon's son Jay Hirabayashi performs a butoh dance piece in memory of his parents, Gordon and Esther Hirabayashi, at a Day of Remembrance event in Seattle, Washington, February 22, 2014.
Hirabayashi's Medal of Freedom and certificate
Members of Hirabayashi's family pose with his Presidential Medal of Freedom immediately after it was unveiled as a donation to the University of Washington Library Special Collections. Left to right: Susan Carnahan (second wife, widow), Marion Oldenburg (daughter), Sharon Yuen (daughter), Jay Hirabayashi (son); University of Washington Provost Ana Mari Cauce accepting the donation on behalf of the university.Awards 1
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Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist whose principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II included a 1943 Supreme Court challenge decided under the caption Hirabayashi v. United States. His conviction was overturned in 1986. Hirabayashi posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
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