California observing Fred Korematsu Day, honoring man who defied Japanese internment
Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86 ...
Times of San Diego4d
California Sets Aside Jan. 30 to Honor Man Who Defied Japanese Internment
California is observing Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution on Thursday, remembering the shipyard welder who challenged the constitutionality of the incarceration of ...
The Richfield Reaper3d
Rep. Maloy and Colleagues Introduce Legislation Honoring Civil Rights Hero Fred Korematsu
Congresswoman Celeste Maloy joined Representatives Mark Takano (CA-39), Vince Fong (CA-20), and Young Kim (CA-40) in introducing The Fred Korematsu Congressional… Login to continue reading Login Sign ...
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On This Day in 1944, the Supreme Court Upheld the Executive Order That Incarcerated Over 120,000 Japanese Americans During World War II
United States on December 18, 1944, it had been over two and a half years since Fred Korematsu was arrested ... use the 23-year old’s case as a test trial to challenge the policy of internment.
LAist4d
Lawmakers push to take Fred Korematsu Day national
Southern California members of Congress are helping lead a bipartisan effort to get Congress to award its highest civilian honor to the late civil rights pioneer Fred Korematsu. The Japanese ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune4d
California observing Fred Korematsu Day, honoring man who defied Japanese internment
California on Thursday is observing Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, remembering the shipyard welder who challenged the constitutionality of the incarceration of ...