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	washingtonpost.com: Fred Korematsu, 86; Fought Internment
		Fred Korematsu, 86, who unsuccessfully fought Japanese American internment camps during World War II before finally winning in court nearly four decades later, died March 30 at his daughter's home in Larkspur, Calif. He had a respiratory illness.
		Korematsu, the son of Japanese immigrants, was born in Oakland, Calif. He was living there in 1942 and working as a welder when military officials ordered all Japanese Americans on the West Coast -- including U.S. citizens such as Mr.
		Korematsu's conviction in December 1944, agreeing with the government that it was justified by the need to combat sabotage and espionage.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A22004-2005Apr2?language=printer (373 words)

	Fred Korematsu - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu (January 30, 1919–March 30, 2005) was one of the many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast during World War II.
		Fred Korematsu was born in 1919, to Japanese parents living in Oakland, California.
		Fred Korematsu died at his daughter's home in Marin County, California on March 30, 2005.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Fred_Korematsu (579 words)

	Asian American Bar Association
		Korematsu, I just want to tell you that I saw you speak to my class two years ago at UC Berkeley, and you are the reason I went to law school,” that motivate him to travel, sharing his story to thousands of law students across the country.
		Korematsu and his family were moved to Topaz, Utah—nicknamed by internment camp officials as “the Jewel of the Desert.” This “jewel”, lay in the middle of the desert, surrounded by the same armed guards, barbed wire, and watchtowers.
		Korematsu’s mother eventually died from a perforated ulcer and never saw the day her son received an apology from President George Bush for his part in correcting the injustice that was done to the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly interned during World War II.
	www.aaba-bay.com /aaba/showpage.asp?code=yamamotoarticle (2351 words)

	Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu
		Korematsu was arrested in 1942 for staying in his own home and refusing to comply with the order that sent more than 120,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry to internment camps during World War II.
		Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race.
		Fred Korematsu, the Oakland native whose refusal to go to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II and resulting legal battle to clear his name made him a symbol of civil rights, died Wednesday.
	www.medaloffreedom.com /FredKorematsu.htm (2343 words)

	Gulfnews: Again battling an abomination of power
		His name is Fred Korematsu, and his name graces one of the most infamous decisions ever rendered by the US Supreme Court, the 1944 case of Korematsu vs. United States.
		The Korematsu case has been largely taught in law schools as an abomination, a case in which the Supreme Court yielded to fear and pressure in sending tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children into camps.
		After all, Korematsu was given the Medal of Freedom in 1998 (the highest US civilian honour) for his fight against internment, and Congress awarded reparations to the Japanese Americans sent to the camps.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/03/11/25/103786.html (709 words)

	Latest News :: The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Honors and Remembers Fred Korematsu
		Fred Korematsu was born in Oakland, California, on January 30, 1919 and was the third of four sons of Japanese immigrants.
		Korematsu was nonetheless among the Americans of Japanese heritage ordered to report to World War II internment camps in 1942.
		Korematsu’s conviction and held that the orders maintained were tainted by racism and that the United States Government had illegally suppressed, altered and destroyed evidence critical to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/speech/ca15_honda/Fred_Korematsu.html (547 words)

	Press Releases from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Born in Oakland, California in 1919, Fred Korematsu was the son of Japanese immigrants.
		Fred Korematsu chose to stay behind with his Italian-American girlfriend and then fled, even having plastic surgery on his eyes to avoid recognition.
		Fred Korematsu died on March 31, 2005 at the age of 86.
	www.feri.org /news/news_detail.cfm?QID=3006 (555 words)

	Poplicks.com: FRED KOREMATSU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But Fred was eventually arrested and sent to live in the horse stalls at the Tanforan Relocation Center and then eventually to the concentration camp in Topaz, Utah.
		Fred was the rare American who loved his country and challenged its government at the same time.
		Fred was also a humble man who smoked from a pipe and spoke with a dry sense of humor.
	www.poplicks.com /2005/04/fred-korematsu.html (483 words)

	He Said No to Internment - New York Times
		Fred Korematsu, the son of Japanese immigrants, was at the time a 23-year-old welder at Bay Area shipyards.
		Korematsu was seen as a traitor, a test case, an embarrassment and, finally, a hero.
		Korematsu's own daughter has said she didn't learn of his wartime role until she was a junior in high school.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/12/25/magazine/25korematsu.html?ex=1293166800&en=f5c77c494c3302ed&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (771 words)

	Resisting arrest - Salon
		Fred Korematsu, who would not go into the camps, had joined Rosa Parks, who would not give up her seat, in the most exclusive, yet most universal, American club: the club of ordinary heroes.
		By fighting the government, Korematsu risked alienating himself from his peers, many of whom had decided that the only way to prove their loyalty was to keep their heads down.
		Korematsu's lawyers charged that the evacuation orders were transparently racist and denied an entire class of people due process and equal protection under the law.
	dir.salon.com /story/opinion/freedom/2004/06/29/korematsu/index.html (1599 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Fred Korematsu, who fought the internment of Japanese Americans, dies
		Fred Korematsu, 86, the Japanese American whose court case over his refusal to be interned during World War II went to the U.S. Supreme Court and became synonymous with this nation's agonized debate over civil liberties during time of war, has died.
		Korematsu did not turn himself in and was arrested, jailed and convicted for failing to report for evacuation.
		Korematsu's case was reopened in the 1980s when historian Peter Irons found documents indicating the government lied to the Supreme Court, a lie that would provide the basis for a landmark 1983 federal-court decision to vacate his conviction.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002229322_korematsuobit03.html (862 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Fred Korematsu, 86, symbol of fight against WWII internment
		Korematsu didn't want forgiveness for refusing to do something he believed was unlawful.
		Korematsu) stands as a caution that in times of distress the shield of military necessity and national security must not be used to protect governmental actions from close scrutiny and accountability."
		Korematsu had not talked about his experiences; even his daughter, Karen, had to learn about it in a college textbook.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/04/01/fred_korematsu_86_symbol_of_fight_against_wwii_internment?pg=2 (635 words)

	The My Hero Project - Fred KorematsuKorematsu
		Fred Korematsu, who challenged internment orders during World War II and became a spokesperson for civil rights, died at the age of 86 on March 31, 2005.
		Fred Korematsu is an ordinary man who defied the order to go to the Japanese-American internment camps during W.W. II because he believed it wasn't right.
		Fred's family feared his resistance would shame them, but Fred was a true citizen who loved his country.
	myhero.com /myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=Korematsu (536 words)

	The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog: Fred Korematsu, 86, Fought Interment during WW II
		Fred T. Korematsu, who lost a Supreme Court challenge in 1944 to the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans but gained vindication decades later when he was given the Medal of Freedom, died on Wednesday in Larkspur, Calif. Mr.
		Korematsu, a native of Oakland, Calif., and one of four sons of Japanese-born parents, was jailed on May 30, 1942, in San Leandro, having refused to join family members who had reported to a nearby racetrack that was being used as a temporary detention center.
		Korematsu was visited in jail by a California official of the American Civil Liberties Union who was seeking a test case against internment.
	realcostofprisons.org /blog/archives/2005/04/fred_korematsu.html (825 words)

	Fred Korematsu, a Civil Rights Pioneer
		Fred was a role model for all who care about civil rights and I considered him a valued and inspirational friend.
		In recent years, Fred toured the nation speaking to all that would listen about his concern for Arab and Muslim Americans, and those like South Asians that were perceived to be Muslim, facing the same sort of scapegoating that Japanese Americans faced many years ago.
		Fred was honored, but he didn’t lose track of the fact that the very government that considered him a racial enemy was finally recognizing what he did for the principles that we have been told our nation is built upon.
	www.imdiversity.com /Villages/Asian/civil_human_equal_rights/igasaki_fred_korematsu_0405.asp (1106 words)

	Stone writes Fred Korematsu’s amicus brief, as history repeats
		Korematsu, now 84, was born to a Japanese-American family in California that owned a flower nursery.
		In 1942, Korematsu’s family was taken for processing to Tanforan, a former racetrack south of San Francisco, but Korematsu, then 22 and working as a welder in an Oakland, Calif. shipyard, refused to go.
		In Korematsu’s amicus brief, Stone argued to the Supreme Court that “in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, the Supreme Court should make clear in these cases that the United States respects fundamental constitutional and human rights-even in times of war.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /031106/korematsu.shtml (625 words)

	Asian American Bar Association
		Fred Korematsu is a native born citizen of the United States.
		Korematsu now brings this petition for a writ of coram nobis to vacate his conviction on the grounds of governmental misconduct.
		I understand that the War Department is currently discussing with the Solicitor General the possibility of changing the footnote in the Korematsu brief in which it is stated that this Department is in possession of information in conflict with the statements made by General DeWitt relating to the causes of the evacuation.
	www.aaba-bay.com /aaba/showpage.asp?code=korematsucase (8744 words)

	Fred Korematsu — Infoplease.com
		Korematsu was born to a Japanese-American family that owned a flower nursery.
		United States (1944) Case Summary Fred Korematsu refused to obey the wartime order to...
		Korematsu and beyond: Japanese Americans and the origins of strict scrutiny.(Judgments Judged and Wrongs Remembered: Examining the......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0880740.html (341 words)

	Fred Korematsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Korematsu and be inspired by his example to speak out in the name of human values of brotherhood, love and acceptance and to act as witnesses to the triumph of the human spirit through building strong communities.
		Korematsu's courage and dedication to protect constitutional rights for him as well as his community.
		Korematsu was born in Oakland, CA, in 1919 to a Japanese-American family that owned a flower nursery.
	www.amuslimvoice.org /html/body_fred_korematsu.html (411 words)

	Fred Korematsu, lost key suit on Japanese-American internment
		Korematsu lost a Supreme Court challenge in 1944 to the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans but gained vindication decades later when he was given the Medal of Freedom, died Wednesday in Larkspur, Calif. Korematsu, who lived in San Leandro, Calif., was 86.
		When he was arrested in 1942 for failing to report to an internment center, Korematsu was working as a welder and simply hoping to be left alone so he could pursue his marriage plans.
		Korematsu, a native of Oakland and one of four sons of Japanese-born parents, was jailed on May 30, 1942, in San Leandro, having refused to join family members at a temporary detention center.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0404obit-korematsu04.html (394 words)

	American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: Civil Rights Legend Fred Korematsu Passes Away (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Korematsu, a native-born US citizen of Japanese descent, was one of over 120,000 Japanese Americans interned in military camps during World War II.
		Korematsu's name first appeared on the national and international scene after he defied military orders and escaped his internment, only to be arrested and jailed in 1942.
		Korematsu's own case was later partially rectified by the erasure of his criminal conviction, due to governmental misconduct resulting from the disclosure of secret documents.
	www.adc.org /index.php?id=2473&type=100 (235 words)

	The Pentagon's Secret Stash of Torture Photos
		Korematsu did not turn himself in and was arrested, jailed and convicted of a felony for failing to report for evacuation.
		Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was born Jan. 30, 1919, in Oakland, Calif., where his Japanese-born parents ran a plant nursery.
		Korematsu was taken to Tanforan racetrack, an assembly center for Japanese-Americans south of San Francisco, where he spent time in a horse stall.
	www.truthout.org /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/10043 (3143 words)

	Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		"Because of his work Fred Korematsu has left a tremendous legacy and I have no doubt that his life and work will be studied in schools and universities for generations to come.
		And when students study Fred Korematsu, they will learn of a true American patriot, whose story embodies the finest values and aspirations of our country.
		Fred knew that, and even in the last years of his life, continued to speak out against discrimination and prejudice in all its forms.
	matsui.house.gov /Newsroom.asp?ARTICLE2939=4328 (629 words)

	Fred Korematsu's Legacy - Medill - On the Docket
		Fred Korematsu's Legacy - Medill - On the Docket
		In the brief, the authors characterize the Korematsu decision as a "constitutional pariah," one that is never cited by the Supreme Court with approval.
		Korematsu’s brief underscores the need to be vigilant in protecting civil liberties while the government is pursuing its war on terrorism.
	docket.medill.northwestern.edu /archives/000148.php (1077 words)

	MetaKorean » Korean American Community » Fred Korematsu Passes Away
		Korematsu died yesterday of respiratory failure at the age of 86.
		Fred Korematsu was born in Oakland, CA in 1919 to Japanese immigrants.
		Korematsu was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
	www.metakorean.com /blog/archives/2005/03/31/fred-korematsu-passes-away (1066 words)

	A Guide to Asian American Empowerment - Resisting Arrest
		Korematsu sat in silence for 15 or 20 minutes, puffing on his pipe, reading the documents.
		Korematsu said that 41 years ago, he entered this courtroom in handcuffs and was sent to a camp that was not fit for human habitation.
		But the knowledge that ordinary people like Fred Korematsu are there, willing to stand quietly up for their rights, makes it possible to dream that one day the battle will be won.
	www.modelminority.com /printout1004.html (2905 words)

	UHLC - TACO - Korematsu v. United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The restrictions ranged from the imposition of curfews to forced removal to "relocation centers" outside Military Area I. At the time of the announcement of the exclusion order, Fred Korematsu was in his early twenties.
		A graduate of Oakland High School, Korematsu had tried twice to enlist in the army but was turned down for a physical disability.
		Korematsu appealed the district court's decision to the U.S. Circuit Court, but his conviction was sustained.
	www.law.uh.edu /teacher/korematsu (668 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Fred Korematsu, 86, fought World War II internment, dies
		Fred Korematsu, the Japanese-American whose court case over his refusal to be interned during World War II went to the U.S. Supreme Court and became synonymous with this nation's agonized debate over civil liberties during time of war, has died.
		Korematsu died yesterday of respiratory illness at his daughter's home in the Northern California community of Larkspur, according to his attorney, Dale Minami.
		Toward the end of the war, Korematsu was allowed to work as a welder in Salt Lake City as long as he promised not to return to the West Coast.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002226476_webkorematsuobit31.html (1919 words)

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