On January 30, California, Hawai’i, Utah, Illinois, and Georgia will officially commemorate Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia still ...

During World War II, Fred Korematsu refused to comply with Executive Order 9066, which incarcerated over 120,000 Japanese Americans, more than two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens like himself ...

A new state law designates Jan. 30 as Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. Arizona joins 10 states in honoring the activist.

Korematsu, a Medal of Freedom recipient who died in 2005, would have turned 92 on Sunday. Instead, schools throughout the state are celebrating the first Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties ...

His legacy also lives on through the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, helmed by his daughter, Karen Korematsu. She has been working for 10 years to see the nation formally recognize her father, and the ...

Fred Korematsu's daughter, Karen, hopes that it will become a federal holiday so more people will know her father's story. KOREMATSU: Yes. And if he were here, he would say, don't be afraid to ...

Last year, CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared January 30 to be Fred Korematsu Day. The holiday is widely considered to be the first time American public schools anywhere will officially ...

Michigan has a new state holiday. January 30 each year will honor American civil rights activist Fred Korematsu under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday.. Korematsu — the ...

January 30th is a California State holiday honoring Fred Korematsu’s 103rd birthday. Korematsu was an American civil rights activist who refused to go to this country’s incarceration camps for ...

Days after President Trump used an executive order to dramatically shift U.S. immigration policy, Fred Korematsu Day is attracting special attention — including as the subject of a Google Doodle.

ALLENDALE, Mich. (WZZM) -- He was a champion for civil rights beginning in World War II. Now, he's the first Asian American recognized by a state with a day named in his honor. Grand Valley State ...

Fred T. Korematsu Elementary School honored its namesake on his California holiday, Jan. 30, with the ribbon-cutting of an expansive and colorful mural featuring 16 “social justice heroes.” The mural ...