Honoring He Who Was Right
El Cerrito Patch
December 8, 2010
Not Your Ordinary City Council Meeting
by Charles Burress, El Cerrito Patch
December 7, 2010
El Cerrito City Council to Vote on Honoring Fred Korematsu
by Charles Burress, El Cerrito Patch
December 5, 2010
KI Director Ling Woo Liu discusses Fred Korematsu’s legacy (radio clip)
APEX Express, KPFA Radio (Berkeley)
November 4, 2010
Constitution Day Celebrates the Life of Fred Korematsu
by JK Yamamoto, Nikkei West
November 3, 2010
Dedication Ceremony Held for San Leandro High School’s Fred T. Korematsu Campus
Nikkei West
October 2010
The man who said no
by Jeff Yang, San Francisco Chronicle
October 7, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Fred Korematsu Day into Law
Asian American Press (St. Paul, Minnesota)
October 2, 2010
Fred Korematsu, civil rights icon for younger generation, has his day
by Momo Chang, Oakland Tribune
October 1, 2010
Governor Signs Bill to Create Day Honoring Japanese-American Civil Rights Leader Fred Korematsu
East County Magazine (San Diego)
October 1, 2010
Japanese-American Activist Honored
The Japan Times
September 27, 2010
Calif. Law Honors WWII Internment Critic
Associated Press
September 25, 2010
Story picked up by nearly 250 news outlets throughout the US, including major media such as CBS News, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Newsday and Salon. International media such as the Japan Times, eTaiwan News, and Metro Canada ran the story as well.
New Campus Honors Korematsu’s Impact on San Leandro
by Jason Sweeney, Oakland Tribune
September 24, 2010
Scalia’s Surprising Role Model (about Justice Jackson, who dissented in the Supreme Court’s 1944 Korematsu decision)
by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
September 21, 2010
Why Fred Korematsu Day is Important
by Ling Woo Liu, guest blog post on Angry Asian Man
September 13, 2010
Will the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Ruling Stand? (mentions “Military deference has a checkered history in American jurisprudence. The most shameful example was th Korematsu decision …”
by Adam Winkler, Huffington Post
September 10, 2010
Yes, They Were Concentration Camps (regarding the Fred Korematsu Day bill)
by Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, The Rafu Shimpo
September 9, 2010
School board discusses state’s Korematsu Day proposal Davis elementary campus named after the late Medal of Freedom winner
by Jeff Hudson, Davis Enterprise
August 29, 2010
School Year Begins at San Leandro High’s New Freshman [Korematsu] Campus
by Jason Sweeney, Oakland Tribune
August 26, 2010
Bill Would Honor Korematsu and Civil Liberties (radio clip runs from 1’00″ – 1’30″)
KQED radio
August 25, 2010
Bill to mark Japanese American internment approved
by Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee
August 24, 2010
Korematsu Featured in Interview with Wherever There’s a Fight Authors (radio clip featuring caller Karen Korematsu)
KQED Forum
July 28, 2010
Korematsu Institute Releases Landmark Human Rights Report
FilAmStar.net
July 16, 2010
New Korematsu Institute Report: Domestic Dignity
Angry Asian Man blog
July 15, 2010
Kagan Skewers Japanese Internment Ruling
by Josh Gerstein, Politico
July 9, 2010
Fred Korematsu Day Passes Assembly
KBFX Eyewitness News
May 31, 2010
The Buzz: Bill Would Honor Japanese American Man
by Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee
May 22, 2010
Profile of Korematsu Institute Director Ling Woo Liu
Angry Asian Man blog
May 21, 2010
Lawmakers honor man who balked at WW II internment order
by Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee
May 20, 2010
Calif. Bill Would Honor WWII Internment Challenger
by Robin Hindery, Associated Press via CBS5
May 20, 2010
Assembly Committee Votes for Korematsu Day
Rafu Shimpo
May 8, 2010
Recent High Court Cases Revive Debate on Judicial Activism
by Robert Barnes, Washington Post
May 3, 2010
The Smearing of a Loyal American (about Judge Ed Chen, one of Korematsu’s lawyers)
by John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle
November 1, 2009
Japanese internment trial rerun for newer generation
by David Olson, The Press-Enteprise
August 13, 2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Korematsu (watch the video clip here)
by Gwen Muranaka, Rafu Shimpo
July 16, 2009
Editorial: Why is it important to learn history?
Northwest Asian Weekly
May 7, 2009
Asian Law Caucus Executive Director Titi Liu and Attorney Don Tamaki
by Ben Trefny, KALW News
April 30, 2009
Civil rights institute named for Korematsu
by Tyche Hendricks, San Francisco Chronicle
April 28, 2009
SU law center named for civil rights leader
by James Tabafunda, Northwest Asian Weekly
April 4, 2009
The Resonance of Korematsu v. U.S.
by Kevin Lee, Asianweek
May 21, 2008
Looking Back at Japanese Internment Camps (radio clip)
Day to Day, NPR
December 5, 2007
Court to decide detainees’ rights
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
November 26, 2007
A glance at some Asian-American pioneers
Uncovering America: The Asian American Journey, CNN.com
May 11, 2007
Echoes of ’40s Internment Are Seen in Muslim Detainees’ Suit
By Nina Bernstein, New York Times
April 03, 2007
OAKLAND / Public school with science focus opens
By Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
November 17, 2006
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito’s Nomination to the Supreme Court
CQ Transcriptions, Washington Post
January 11, 2006
He Said No to Internment
By Matt Bai, New York Times
December 25, 2005
OAKLAND / Japanese American hero remembered / Fred Korematsu fought WWII internment
By Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle
April 17, 2005
Coining Korematsu
By Emil Amok
April 8, 2005
Remembering Japanese American Civil Rights Pioneer Fred Korematsu (video clip: 40’29″ – 58’19″)
by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
April 5, 2005
Recalling Fred Korematsu, foe of prejudice
Letters to the Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
April 4, 2005
Fred Korematsu, 86; Fought WWII Internment of Japanese Americans
by Claudia Luther, Los Angeles Times
April 1, 2005
Fred Korematsu — he defied wartime order to internment camp
By Annie Nakao, San Francisco Chronicle
April 01, 2005
Overturning a wartime act decades later
By Annie Nakao, San Francisco Chronicle
December 12, 2004
Do we really need to relearn the lessons of Japanese American internment?
By Fred Korematsu, San Francisco Chronicle
September 16, 2004
