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          Actor and playwright Jeanne Sakata will share her experiences in researching and writing her solo play HOLD THESE TRUTHS, inspired by the.!

          A Personal Matter: Gordon Hirabayashi vs.

        1. A Personal Matter: Gordon Hirabayashi vs.
        2. In May , Gordon Hirabayashi, a college student, a Quaker and pacifist deliberately violated the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans and.
        3. Actor and playwright Jeanne Sakata will share her experiences in researching and writing her solo play HOLD THESE TRUTHS, inspired by the.
        4. Two important legal cases were brought against the United States concerning Japanese internment.
        5. Gordon Hirabayashi wrote that after being ignored in the.

          6. While Hold These Truths takes us through the story of Gordon's remarkable story of resistance, here is a closer look at pivotal moments of his life and journey to seek justice for Japanese Americans.

        6. April 23, 1918 - Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, Washington.

        7. 1937-1942 - Gordon attended University of Washington in Seattle.

          While enrolled, he became an active member of the campus YMCA, joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) and registered as a conscientious objector.

        8. December 7, 1941 - Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

        9. February 19, 1942 - President Franklin D.

          Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, setting in motion the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans on the U.S. West Coast.

        10. March,1942 - Gen. John DeWitt issued Curfew and Exclusion Orders.

        11. May 16, 1942 - Gordon presented the Seattle FBI with a four-page written statement entitled “Why I Refused to Register For Evacuation” and was arrested.

          He spent five months in King County Jail a