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Supporters urge Massachusetts to name Jan. 30 'Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution'
Summary
Advocates, Asian American organizations and former legislators told a joint committee that designating Jan. 30 to honor Fred Korematsu would promote civic education about civil liberties and provide a permanent platform to teach about wartime injustices and contemporary threats to rights.
At the joint committee hearing, a broad coalition of civil-rights groups, Asian American nonprofits, educators and descendants of Fred Korematsu testified in favor of H.3427 / S.2132 to designate January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in Massachusetts.
Witnesses described Korematsu's legal challenge to the World War II imprisonment of Japanese Americans, his later successful effort to vacate his conviction, and his long record of civic engagement. “Fred Korematsu is a national hero and a civil rights pioneer,” Danielle Kim,…
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