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 ...

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.

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 ...

On Thursday, Illinois and three other states are honoring Fred Korematsu, the late civil rights activist. Korematsu, a Japanese-American, was arrested for not relocating to an internment camp ...

In honor of Fred Korematsu's 100th birthday, we're re-upping this piece from 2011 on his enduring civil libertarian legacy. Last Sunday, we celebrated a new holiday declared by the state of California ...

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 ...

Fred Korematsu was tried and convicted in federal court in 1942 for violating military orders issued under Executive Order 9066, ... California established January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...