Fred Korematsu Biography

Fred Korematsu, Celebrity

Occup.	Celebrity
From	USA
Born	January 30, 1919 Oakland, California
Died	March 30, 2005
Aged	86 years

Fred Korematsu was an American civil liberties protestor that is best understood for his resistance to the internment of Japanese Americans during The Second World War. He was born on January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California, to Japanese immigrant moms and dads.

In 1942, adhering to the assault on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066, which accredited the compelled moving and also internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans surviving the West Coast. Korematsu, that was of Japanese descent, refused to abide by the order and went right into hiding. He was at some point arrested as well as founded guilty of going against armed forces orders and was sent to an internment camp in Topaz, Utah.

With the help of civil liberties organizations and also attorneys, Korematsu fought his sentence completely to the Supreme Court. In 1944, in case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled against him, promoting the constitutionality of Japanese American internment. The decision has since been extensively criticized as an offense of civil rights and also an example of judicial overreach.

Following his release from the internment camp in 1945, Korematsu continued to defend civil liberties and social justice. He worked as a welder and sheet metal employee prior to coming to be a community coordinator as well as civil rights activist.

In 1983, Korematsu's sentence was reversed by a federal court in San Francisco, which ruled that the government had purposefully sent false info to the Supreme Court in order to validate Japanese American internment. The choice was a vindication for Korematsu and an acknowledgment of the injustice that he and also other Japanese Americans had experienced throughout World War II.

Korematsu remained to advocate for civil rights as well as social justice throughout his life. He got numerous honors and honors for his advocacy, consisting of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded to him by President Bill Clinton in 1998.

Fred Korematsu passed away on March 30, 2005, at the age of 86. He is kept in mind as a hero of the civil rights motion as well as a symbol of resistance against discrimination and oppression.

Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Fred.

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11 Famous quotes by Fred Korematsu

"I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do"

"Patriotism is not the exclusive property of any one group. It belongs to all Americans who love and cherish this country"

"I don't want anyone to go through what I did, and I don't want our country to make the same mistake again. We must always be vigilant against any violation of civil liberties and human rights"

"I hope that the younger generation will remember that discrimination of any kind is wrong, and that it is important to speak out against it and to stand up for what is right"

"I never thought of my case as just a civil rights suit. It was about human rights and the Constitution. It was about the principles that our country was founded on"

"My case represents a part of history that is not always acknowledged. It is a reminder that our government is not infallible, and that we must always be vigilant against any abuse of power"

"As an American citizen, I didn't want to be treated as a spy or an enemy alien, or put in a concentration camp simply because of my ancestry"

"If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up"

"All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker"

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it"

"I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional"