Gordon Hirabayashi

Gordon Hirabayashi, a 24-year-old senior at the University of Washington, arrived at the FBI office in Seattle on May 16, 1942, the date that he had been ordered to register for exclusion. He handed the FBI agent a four-page statement that explained why he refused to register. Hirabayashi was raised as a Quaker and trained as a pacifist, and his reasons for refusal stemmed from his religious convictions and pacifism. Hirabayashi was arrested and his case became an important test of the constitutionality of exclusion. In 1986, Hirabayashi's case was reopened and his convictions surrounding the incarceration were vacated by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing in part that, "racial bias was the cornerstone of the internment orders."

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-115-1)

Leaving the King County Jail for Spokane, Washington

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Continuing the appeal process: case is heard before the United States Supreme Court

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Being held in the King County jail, unable to be released on bail

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-115-3)

First meal upon being released in Spokane, Washington

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-115-17)

Reopening the case by filing for writ of error coram nobis

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1012-2-6)

Impact of resistance on family and community (audio only)

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1012-2-9)

Thoughts on initial trial: expecting a guilty verdict (audio only)

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1012-2-15)

Reflections on wartime experiences and the government's decision to incarcerate Japanese Americans (audio only)

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1012-2-11)

Memories of jail: reunited with parents (audio only)

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-115-15)

Hearing the Supreme Court ruling, feeling disappointed

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1012-2-7)

Circulating a written statement detailing reasons for resistance (audio only)

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-115-2)

Waiting nine months in jail before release arrangements were made by Floyd Schmoe

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