James Matsumoto Omura (1912–1994) was a newspaper editor and later operated a landscaping business in Denver, Colorado. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 1989.Arthur A. Hansen is Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

"Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press. Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike."—Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 "James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like."—Eric Muller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Contrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories."—Gary Y. Okihiro, author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders "Impeccably edited by Arthur Hansen, this memoir by the dedicated American patriot Jimmie Omura spans his early life through the end of World War II, revealing the rebuke and ostracism he endured, and the courage he exhibited in his search for justice. Omura's moral compass and well-articulated, incisive critiques are a wellspring of inspiration."—Eileen H. Tamura, author of In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality

• 1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–19232. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–19333. Dateline California, 1933–19404. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–19425. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–19446. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 19447. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945

James Matsumoto Omura (1912–1994) was a newspaper editor and later operated a landscaping business in Denver, Colorado. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 1989.Arthur A. Hansen is Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

"Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press. Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike."—Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 "James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like."—Eric Muller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Contrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories."—Gary Y. Okihiro, author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders "Impeccably edited by Arthur Hansen, this memoir by the dedicated American patriot Jimmie Omura spans his early life through the end of World War II, revealing the rebuke and ostracism he endured, and the courage he exhibited in his search for justice. Omura's moral compass and well-articulated, incisive critiques are a wellspring of inspiration."—Eileen H. Tamura, author of In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality

• 1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–19232. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–19333. Dateline California, 1933–19404. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–19425. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–19446. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 19447. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945

James Matsumoto Omura (1912–1994) was a newspaper editor and later operated a landscaping business in Denver, Colorado. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 1989.Arthur A. Hansen is Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

"Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press. Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike."—Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 "James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like."—Eric Muller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Contrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories."—Gary Y. Okihiro, author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders "Impeccably edited by Arthur Hansen, this memoir by the dedicated American patriot Jimmie Omura spans his early life through the end of World War II, revealing the rebuke and ostracism he endured, and the courage he exhibited in his search for justice. Omura's moral compass and well-articulated, incisive critiques are a wellspring of inspiration."—Eileen H. Tamura, author of In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality

• 1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–19232. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–19333. Dateline California, 1933–19404. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–19425. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–19446. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 19447. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945