Fred Korematsu Speaks up
Book - 2017
"Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends--just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This included Fred, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go. He knew that what the government was doing was unfair. And when he got put in jail for resisting, he knew he couldn't give up. Inspired by the award-winning book for adults Wherever There's a Fight, the Fighting for Justice series introduces young readers to real-life heroes and heroines of social progress. The story of Fred Korematsu's fight against discrimination explores the life of one courageous person who made the United States a fairer place for all Americans, and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice."--Provided by publisher
Publisher:
Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2017]
Copyright Date:
©2017
ISBN:
9781597143684
1597143685
1597143685
Call Number:
j BIO 341.67 KOREMATSU 2017
Characteristics:
103 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Question 3a. Grades 5 and up. In 1941, when the U.S. went to war with Japan, American citizens of Japanese descent were forced into internment camps. Fred Korematsu refused to go. His story is one of the keystone cases in the history of civil liberties in the U.S.
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Oct 22, 2018

Grade 5-8. In 1941, when the U.S. went to war with Japan, American citizens of Japanese descent were forced into internment camps. Fred Korematsu refused to go. His story is one of the keystone cases in the history of civil liberties in the U.S.
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