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 ...
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, ...
Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ...
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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Beyond the Basketball Court: The South Bay Asian American Identity
In the California South Bay, basketball is more than just a sport—it’s a bridge connecting generations within the Asian American community: F.O.R., a league born out of resilience and hardship, ...
US lawmakers introduce bill to honor rights activist held in Utah internment camp during WWII
Rep. Celeste Maloy and three other lawmakers have introduced a bill to honor civil rights activist Fred Korematsu, held in a ...
Eric Muller: The Japanese internment gives federal employees a way to resist
With radical policy shifts looming in Donald Trump’s new administration, many federal employees are surely debating whether ...
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WWII: What was the internment of Japanese Americans all about?
The internment of Japanese Americans on US soil during the Second World War is regarded as one of the most despicable violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.
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California to Observe Day Honoring Man Who Defied Japanese Internment
California on Thursday will observe Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, remembering the shipyard welder who challenged the constitutionality of the incarceration of Japanese ...