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Title: Almost 80 years and Asian dude died already but he finally got the recognition
Post by: theking on February 02, 2021, 04:23:38 PM

California Dedicates Jan. 30 to Fred Korematsu Who Defied Japanese American Concentration Camps

California dedicated Jan. 30 to the memory of Fred Korematsu, a shipyard welder who legally objected to Japanese American “internment” in World War II. The state holiday, officially the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, was signed into law by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sept. 23, 2010.

Fred Korematsu Day is the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian American. Hawaii, Virginia, Florida and Michigan have since followed suit, according to KQED, while other states are still waiting for legislative approval.Korem atsu was born in Oakland on Jan. 30, 1919. But he would not be known until May 1942, when he was arrested and detained in San Leandro after failing to report for internment.
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