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They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker
Actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II and the impact the experience had on his later life.
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