Quotes by Fred Korematsu

About Fred Korematsu:


Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu is known as the Japanese American internment. When such orders were issued for the West Coast, Korematsu instead became a fugitive. The legality of the internment order was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States, but Korematsu's conviction was overturned decades later after the disclosure of new evidence challenging the necessity of the internment, evidence which had been withheld from the courts by the U.S. government during the war.

Author Bio


  • NameFred Korematsu
  • DescriptionJapanese-American interned during World War II
  • BornJanuary 30, 1919
  • DiedMarch 30, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom