Synopsis
American Quakers are viewed by the Japanese and Japanese-Americans as “quiet heroes” for their selfless acts of humanitarian assistance and resistance to racism throughout the 20th Century. Whether in response to the devastation of earthquakes or the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or in response to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) perceived their Japanese and Japanese-American neighbors as fellow humans, worthy of respect and humanitarian assistance.
Reverend Tsukasa Sugimura pays tribute to the work of the Quakers as he documents this important history.
