New frontiers: The many worlds of George Takei

Title

New frontiers: The many worlds of George Takei

Description

Over the first eight decades of his life, George Takei went from seeing the world through barbed wire fences as an incarcerated Japanese American at Tule Lake, to staring as one of the first regular Asian American characters on TV in a show that broke boundaries of color and representation, to helping reshape society through his activism and civic leadership - including redefining the very nature of the institution of marraige with his advocacy of LGBT marriage equality - before developing the first Broadway musical created, directed by and starring Asian Americans, and then emerging with an unexpected new chapter in life as one of the most beloved and influential personalities on the burgeoning landscape of social media...&c

Date

2017

Identifier

2003.500.8129

Collection