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Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)

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Gordon Hirabayashi

American sociologist (1918–2012)

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist whose principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II included a 1943 Supreme Court challenge decided under the caption Hirabayashi v. United States. His conviction was overturned in 1986.
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January 2

Day of the year

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.
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