The lives of Japanese-Americans were turned upside down after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. On Feb. 19, 1942, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order ...
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
In an effort to curb what they are calling President Donald Trump’s “unbridled executive power,” Sen. Mazie Hirono and Rep.
In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...
Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86.
The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.
Korematsu lost his battle against Order 9066 ... Japanese Americans during World War II. Fred Korematsu was arrested in 1942 and convicted of violating President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ...
"Every place has a story to tell, and our purpose is to relay those histories to the public and preserve them for future ...
Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution was established under a bill by Assemblymen Warren Furutani, ...
There is perhaps nothing more American than the assertion that life is what you make of it. Such is the ideology underlying the proverbial American dream — that each of us is the master of our destiny ...