Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are still with us today. Fred Korematsu in 1983. On ...

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 her dissent to the majority's ruling on the travel ban, Sotomayor compared the decision to the Korematsu v. US case, saying there are "stark parallels" in the reasoning.

Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86.

Alongside Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson, Korematsu stands among the Supreme Court’s most ignominious rulings. In that decision, the court cowardly surrendered to racist stereotypes and ...

In June 1942, Fred Korematsu sat alone in a San Francisco prison cell. The young welder defied government orders forcing all persons of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast to leave their homes to live ...

Professor Robert Chang at a celebration for UC Irvine’s Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Irvine, CA, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The Korematsu Center, which moved from Seattle to ...

Asian Law Alliance is pleased to announce that the Korematsu Day 2024 will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 11am to 1pm at the Wesley United Methodist Church at 566 N. 5th Street, San Jose.

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 Day commemorates Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who was one of the many victims of anti-Japanese sentiments during and after World War II. In honor of this day, the Michigan Asian ...