Fred Korematsu
Japanese-American interned during World War II · United States · On the map · Lived 1919 to 2005 · aged 86
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was an American civil rights activist who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Former horse stalls converted for temporary occupation by Japanese American internees at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Tanforan Assembly Center, line to mess hall
Fred Korematsu and family
Korematsu at a press conference regarding the coram nobis petitioned for with the federal courts
Korematsu during interview with 60 Minutes
Fred Korematsu's grave at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California; an enlarged replica of the Presidential Medal of Freedom is displayed on his tombstone.
Exterior of the San Leandro High School Fred T. Korematsu CampusTimeline 5
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Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy launched its attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which authorized the removal of individuals of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast from their homes and their mandatory imprisonment in incarceration camps. Korematsu challenged the order and became a fugitive.