Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86.
President Bill Clinton presents Fred Korematsu with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998. Korematsu’s legal challenges to civilian exclusion orders during World War II helped spur the redress movement for Japanese-Americans.
Dr. Karen Korematsu, walks past pictures of her father, Fred T. Korematsu, wearing the Presidential Medal of Freedom, left, and standing with Rosa Parks, during a celebration for UC Irvine’s Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Irvine, CA, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The Korematsu Center, which moved from Seattle to Irvine, honors the legacy of civil rights hero Fred Korematsu who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia and Fairplex in Pomona, then known as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, were both Civilian Assembly Centers — temporary camps where Japanese Americans were sent as they were removed from their communities.Eventually most were sent to relocation centers, also known as internment camps. Japanese Americans considered to be disruptive or of special interest to the government were sent to detention camps.
Fred Korematsu went on to champion the cause of civil liberties, not only seeking redress for Japanese Americans who were wrongfully incarcerated, but also traveling throughout the nation to advocate for the civil rights of other victims, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The day is observed on Jan. 30, the anniversary of Korematsu’s birth in 1919 in Oakland. It is the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian American.
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