Events
Dr. Karen Korematsu: Remembering My Father Fred T. Korematsu and Furthering His Civil Liberties Legacy
Date and Time
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ONLINE ONLY -- register here for Zoom link
http://www.gvsu.edu/oma/aapihc
Description
Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute. She and the Institute are devoted to furthering the memory of Fred Korematsu, the case Korematsu v. United States, a case said to be a “civil liberties disaster”, and for advancing civil rights and civil liberties, equity and justice.
Fred T. Korematsu was one of many American citizens of
Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated during World War II. He is
famous for his defying the government’s order to report to an assembly
center. Fred Korematsu appealed his case all the way to the U.S.
Supreme Court, which ruled against him in 1944. Years later, his
conviction was vacated by the U.S. District Court of Northern
California. Fred’s courage and activism was recognized by his receipt
of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in
1998.
Fred T. Korematsu is the first Asian American honored by a
state for a day in his name.
Contact
Contact: Denise Yee Grim at [email protected] or
Mae Rickey at [email protected]