Fred Korematsu

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Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American civil rights activist who famously challenged the U.S. government's World War II internment of Japanese Americans, becoming a symbol of resistance to racial injustice.

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Fred Korematsu canonical 9
Korematsu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese American ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional rights ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
awardReceived Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath respiratory failure ⓘ
child Karen Korematsu ⓘ
commemoratedBy statues and memorials in the United States ⓘ
convictedOf violating military exclusion orders during World War II ⓘ
convictionOverturned yes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateAwarded 1998 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-01-30 ⓘ
dateOfConvictionOverturn 1983 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-03-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese American ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Japanese ⓘ
familyName Korematsu ⓘ
linked to: Fred Korematsu
givenName Fred ⓘ
hasHeritageDay Fred Korematsu Day ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
hasSpouse Kathryn Pearson ⓘ
heritageDayEstablished 2010 ⓘ
heritageDayObservedIn California ⓘ
heritageDayObservedOn January 30 ⓘ
honor Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
honoredBy President Bill Clinton ⓘ
linked to: Bill Clinton
influenced Japanese American redress movement ⓘ
civil liberties jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ
knownFor resistance to World War II internment of Japanese Americans ⓘ
legalCase Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
legalStatusInCase petitioner in Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
movement civil rights movement ⓘ
notableFor challenging the constitutionality of Japanese American internment during World War II ⓘ
notableWork Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
shipyard welder ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Larkspur, California, United States ⓘ
portrayedIn documentary films about Japanese American internment ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korematsu v. United States → petitioner → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Fred Korematsu → familyName → Korematsu ⓘ
linked to: Fred Korematsu
Mountain View Cemetery → notableBurial → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Karen Korematsu → notableFamilyMember → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Karen Korematsu → father → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Kathryn Pearson → spouse → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Kathryn Pearson → partnerOf → Fred Korematsu ⓘ
Kathryn Pearson → marriedTo → Fred Korematsu ⓘ