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AMERICANRESISTANCE T0WARTIME INCARCERATION  \nTHREE VOICES.THREE ACTS0F DFIANCE.ONE MASSINJUSTICE.  \nBased upon painstaking research,this graphic novel reveals the storiesof three figures who refused to playthe role of victim and rejected thegovernment's violation of the civiland constitutional rights of an entirecommunity.  \nIn this groundbreaking book,authorsFrank Abe and Tamiko Nimura bringthese experiences to life throughparallel and sometimes overlappingnarratives,with illustrations by RossIshikawa and Matt Sasaki that are byturns expressive and expressionistic.We Hereby Refuse presents an originalvision of America's past with disturbinglinks to the American present.  \nLearn more about this story at curriculum.wingluke.org  \nCo-published by the Wing Luke Museum of the AsianPacific American Experience and Chin Music Press,thisproject was funded,in part,by a grant from the U.S.Department of the Interior,Natlonal Park Service,Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.  \n# NO LONGER PROPERTY OFSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\n\nWEHEREBYREUSE  \nJAPANESE AMERICAN RESISTANCETO WARTIME INCARCERATION  \nPRODUCED BY  \nWING LUKEMUSEUM  \nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH  \nSEATTLE·WASHINGTON  \nJAPANESE AMERICAN RESISTANCETO WARTIME INCARCERATION  \n# WRITTEN BYARTWORK BY\n\nFRANK ABE  \nROSS ISHIKAWA  \nTAMIKO NIMURA  \nMATT SASAKI  \nSEATTLE,WASHINGTON AGE 22  \nGENE  \nLIVES WITH PARENTS AND BROTHER INA HOMETHEY OWN ON SEATTLE'S FIRST HILL.FAMILY OPERATES A SHOE REPAIR SHOP AT6TH AND KING IN CHINATOWN.  \nSTUDYING CIVIL ENGINEERING IN COLLEGE.  \nHAJIME JIM AKUTSU  \nNAO  \nKIYONOSUKE  \n—  —WE HEREBY REFUSE  \nHIROSHI KASHIWAGI  \nPENRYN,CALIFORNIA AGE 19LIVES WITH MOTHER,BROTHER,AND SISTERON A FARM OUTSIDE SACRAMENT0.FATHER IN A TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM.RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE,WAITING TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE.","cbCaiqSlUNjfWBnH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqSlUNjfWBnH","pdf",14274433,172,"English","# Introduction to the Resistance\n## The Three Voices of Defiance\n## 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