In a stratified culture, national heroes can be hard to find. Here in the United States of America, Fred Korematsu is surely a hero for us all. Korematsu — born in Oakland in 1919, died in Marin ...

Korematsu’s family had already abandoned their home and flower-nursery business in order to report to the camps. Fred, a 23-year-old shipyard welder, chose to remain behind and take his chances.

Fred Korematsu, center left, with family at a family-owned nursery in Oakland, California, in an undated photo. (National Park Service/Smithsonian Institution) ...

Opinion Remembering the courage of Fred Korematsu Jan. 29, 2024 at 1:38 pm Updated Jan. 29, 2024 at 2:38 pm By Eugene Lee ...

In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations may be made to one of the following organizations: The Fred Korematsu Civil Rights Fund c/o Asian Law Caucus, Inc., 939 Market Street, Suite ...

Fred Korematsu was arrested in 1942 and convicted of violating President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order authorizing the incarceration of more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ...

Eloquence entirely aside, Korematsu was tried and convicted in federal court, sentenced to five years’ probation and sent with his family to the Central Utah War Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah ...

Fred Korematsu went on to champion the cause of civil liberties, not only seeking redress for Japanese Americans who were wrongfully incarcerated, but also traveling throughout the nation to ...