George Takei

George Takei 'Lost Freedom' some 80 years ago – now he's written that story for kids

8:00am April 20, 2024

by Samantha Balaban

When actor George Takei was 4 years old, he was labeled an "enemy" by the U.S. government and sent to a string of incarceration camps. His new children's book about that time is My Lost Freedom.

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George Takei testifies before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in California in 1981.

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George Takei got reparations. He says they 'strengthen the integrity of America'

1:07pm February 18, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Eighty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order that sent thousands of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Actor George Takei was among them.

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George Takei Recalls Time In An American Internment Camp In 'They Called Us Enemy'

11:13am July 17, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Through his graphic memoir, the Star Trek actor-turned-author shows that while it may be too late to undo the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, it's not too late to learn from it.

Thousands of opponents of Indiana Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, gathered on the lawn of the Indiana State House to rally against that legislation on Saturday.

Indiana's 'Religious Freedom' Bill Sparks Firestorm Of Controversy

11:19am March 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

When Gov. Mike Pence signed a law that allows his state's businesses to refuse to serve same-sex couples, he could hardly have anticipated the dramatic backlash he's received.