Google leans in, celebrating Fred Korematsu's birthday today. Korematsu was at the center of a key challenge to WWII internment camps.pic.twitter.com/8aQmXJWqp5
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Google leans in, celebrating Fred Korematsu's birthday today. Korematsu was at the center of a key challenge to WWII internment camps.pic.twitter.com/8aQmXJWqp5
Here's the Google landing search page for Korematsu: https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&ictx=2&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKgbKwpurRAhVKNSYKHXjQCMQQPQgD#safe=off&q=Fred+Korematsu&oi=ddle&hl=en …
And, here's my Nov. 2015 article detailing "How The WWII Internment Camps Actually Happened."https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o?utm_term=.ewOXv3mNbV#.ehmnzVPLqE …
"The rapid pace at which all of this happened ..."pic.twitter.com/S3Hp40JYJn
When Korematsu's challenge to the exclusion policies made it to SCOTUS, he lost on a 6-3 vote. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o?utm_term=.ewOXv3mNbV#.ehmnzVPLqE …pic.twitter.com/qYRahHu4h1
Justice Frank Murphy's dissent: "Such exclusion goes over 'the very brink of constitutional power,' & falls into the ugly abyss of racism."pic.twitter.com/n34DJD3mh5
Here's the full Korematsu decision:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/323/214 …
President Gerald Ford later issued a proclamation declaring internment to be one of “our national mistakes.” https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o?utm_term=.ewOXv3mNbV#.ehmnzVPLqE …pic.twitter.com/996vZujImH
Later, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed a law that included a formal apology. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o?utm_term=.io81qEZNW8#.xtvG28xma9 …pic.twitter.com/zfAiQ91B6F
In 1984, Korematsu's case was reopened and conviction tossed out b/c the gov't withheld evidence at the time. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o?utm_term=.io81qEZNW8#.xtvG28xma9 …pic.twitter.com/xyV1X8nBpV
Today in California, it is Korematsu Day, in honor of his birthday. The bill creating the day was signed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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