Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
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Lawmakers push to take Fred Korematsu Day national
Born to Japanese immigrants in Oakland, he was arrested for refusing to be incarcerated based on his ethnicity.
California Sets Aside Jan. 30 to Honor Man Who Defied Japanese Internment
Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution was established under a bill by Assemblymen Warren Furutani, ...
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JACL celebrates introduction of two bills meant to honor Japanese civil rights advocate
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has joined 77 other organizations to honor community advocate Fred T. Korematsu ...
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.