Here's a biography of civil rights activist, Fred Korematsu, who protested his arrest and conviction in 1942 for his refusal to report to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Find about his lifelong fight to clear his name and for reparations for those Japanese Americans who lost so much during World War II.

Concepts

civil rights, world war ii

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

civil rights activists, fred korematsu, japanese americans, japanese internment camps, relocation of japanese americans

Show More Show Less

Classroom Considerations

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information