[Seth-Trips] Fred Korematsu at Berkeley, Wednesday

[Seth David Schoen]

Fred Korematsu fought against the Japanese internment in World War II,
and his case reached the Supreme Court, which said that the military
could force him to leave his home because he was of Japanese ancestry.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/323/214.html

He later received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and an apology.
His conviction was overturned on a writ of error coram nobis in 1983.

Korematsu will be honored at UC Berkeley on Wednesday:

   WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 7:00PM
   DURING WWII, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PUT MORE THAN 110,000 PEOPLE IN
   CONCENTRATION CAMPS BASED ON THEIR RACE. HEAR THE STORY OF ONE MAN WHO
   REFUSED TO GO.
   The Berkeley American Civil Liberties Union will be hosting an event
   honoring Fred Korematsu and his lifelong legal and personal struggle
   to ensure civil liberties for all Americans. The event will feature
   the documentary, Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story,
   which has aired previously on PBS and was produced and directed by
   Eric Paul Fournier. Members of the Berkeley ACLU will present Fred
   Korematsu with a lifetime achievement plaque in recognition of his
   courage and commitment as a fighter and spokesperson for American
   civil liberties. Confirmed speakers include Karen Korematsu-Haigh, the
   daughter of Fred Korematsu; Don Tamaki and Karen Kai, attorneys on the
   Coram Nobis team who represented Mr. Korematsu in his appeal case
   forty years after the initial 1944 Supreme Court ruling; Dorothy
   Ehrlich, executive director of the ACLU-Northern California; and Eric
   Paul Fournier. The discussion will focus on the parallel between the
   challenges to civil liberties faced by minority groups during World
   War Two and in our modern times. The event will take place on
   Wednesday, Sept. 3rd at 7:00pm on the UC Berkeley campus, in room 2060
   of the Valley Life Sciences Building. Admission is free. For more
   information please contact ayeh at berkeleyaclu.com.

-- 
Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org> | Very frankly, I am opposed to people
     http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/   | being programmed by others.
     http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/     |     -- Fred Rogers (1928-2003),
                                       |        464 U.S. 417, 445 (1984)