Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education
Company type | Non-profit |
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Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Karen Korematsu, co-founder; Ling Woo Liu, director |
Services | Education |
Website | korematsuinstitute |
The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education is a non-profit organization which advances pan-ethnic civil rights and human rights through education.
History
Background
In 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested for defying the government's internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II.[1] He appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court in 1944, which ruled against him, saying the incarceration was justified due to military necessity.[2] Four decades later, the discovery of new evidence allowed Korematsu to re-open his case with a team of pro-bono lawyers headed by legal scholar Peter H. Irons. In 1983, a federal court in San Francisco finally overturned Korematsu's conviction.[3] In 1988, the United States federal government officially apologized for its discriminatory wartime actions and granted reparations to all those who were being interned. In 1998, Korematsu received from President Bill Clinton the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.[4]
Establishment
In 2009, the Asian Law Caucus, together with Korematsu's daughter, Karen, launched the Korematsu Institute to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the removal of Korematsu's conviction.[5][6] The institute's members advocated for the designation of January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in California, and the legislature approved this in 2010.[7] This was the first day in US history to be named after an Asian American.[8] To mark the first Fred Korematsu Day on January 30, 2011,[9] the Korematsu Institute began shipping out free Korematsu teaching kits to K-12 classrooms around California[10][11] and held a commemorative event at University of California, Berkeley.[12] Each year on Fred Korematsu Day, the organization honors Japanese Americans who have contributed to the advancement of civil rights.[13]
In 2014, the Institute partnered with the San Joaquin County Office of Education to provide professional development for teachers on several civil rights topics, and was awarded a grant of $180,836.[14]
References
- ^ "Dromm Honors Civil Rights Worker". Queens Gazette. February 18, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
- ^ Bai, Matt (December 25, 2005). "He Said No to Internment". The New York Times Magazine. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Irons, Peter (1993). Justice at War. University of California Press. p. 91-93.
- ^ "Fred Korematsu -- he defied wartime order to internment camp". SFGate. April 1, 2005.
- ^ "Civil rights institute named for Korematsu". SFGate. April 28, 2009.
- ^ Kenney, Karen Latchana (September 1, 2012). Korematsu v. the United States: World War II Japanese-American Internment Camps. ABDO Publishing Company. pp. 133–. ISBN 978-1-61480-164-1.
- ^ Zhao, Xiaojian & Park, Edward J. W. (November 26, 2013). Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-1-59884-240-1.
- ^ Liu, Ling Woo (January 30, 2011). "Fred Korematsu Day: California Honors a Civil Rights Hero"". Time.
- ^ "Korematsu Day". The New York Times, February 4, 2011.
- ^ "Fred Korematsu Day a first for an Asian American". SFGate. January 28, 2011.
- ^ Danico, Mary Yu (September 3, 2014). Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. pp. 615–. ISBN 978-1-4522-8189-6.
- ^ Lee, Sophie (January 28, 2011). "Weekend Free-view: Be an Extra! See a Shipwreck! Celebrate F. Korematsu!". The Daily Clog. The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
- ^ Yamamoto, J. K. (February 4, 2013). "A Celebration of Heroes". Rafu Shimpo.
- ^ Roberts, Elizabeth (November 30, 2014). "Shining light on dark chapter of Stockton's history". RecordNet.
External links
- Official website
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- Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
- Executive Order 9066
- Executive Order 9102
- Yasui
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- History
- Life before World War II
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- Military service in World War II
- 442nd Infantry Regiment
- 100th Infantry Battalion
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- Arboga Assembly Center
- Fresno Assembly Center
- Mayer Assembly Center
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- Owens Valley Reception Center
- Parker Dam Reception Center
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- Pomona Assembly Center
- Portland Assembly Center
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- Woodland Civil Control Station
- Catalina Federal Honor Camp
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- Fort Stanton Alien Enemy Detention Facility
- Kenedy Alien Enemy Detention Facility
- Kooskia Alien Enemy Detention Facility
- Santa Fe Alien Enemy Detention Facility
- Seagoville Alien Enemy Detention Facility
- Sharp Park Detention Station
- Tuna Canyon Detention Station
- Camp Blanding
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- Camp Livingston
- Camp McCoy
- Camp Florence
- Fort Bliss Internment Camp
- Fort Howard Internment Camp
- Fort McDowell Internment Camp
- Fort Meade Internment Camp
- Fort Lewis Internment Camp
- Fort Richardson Internment Camp
- Fort Sam Houston Internment Camp
- Fort Sill Internment Camp
- Griffith Park Detention Camp
- Haiku Internment Camp
- Honouliuli Internment Camp
- Kalaheo Stockade
- Kilauea Military Camp
- Lordsburg Internment Camp
- Sand Island Internment Camp
- Stringtown Internment Camp
- See: Category:Japanese-American internees
- Estelle Peck Ishigo
- Ralph Lazo
- Isamu Shibayama
- Elaine Black Yoneda
and arts
- Allegiance
- Born Free and Equal
- Farewell to Manzanar
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Judgment Without Trial
- No-No Boy
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- The Buddha in the Attic
- The Invisible Thread
- The Moved-Outers
- Under the Blood Red Sun
- Weedflower
- When the Emperor was Divine
- List of documentaries
- List of feature films
- Go for Broke!
- Redress and court cases
- Renunciation Act of 1944
- Day of Remembrance
- Fred Korematsu Day
- Empty Chair Memorial
- Go for Broke Monument
- Japanese American National Museum
- Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
- Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
- Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study
- The Long Journey Home
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
- Japanese American Internment Museum
- Sakura Square
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