Fred Korematsu

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Japanese American civil rights activist human

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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Label	Occurrences
Fred Korematsu canonical	2
Korematsu	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese American ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	civil liberties ⓘ constitutional rights ⓘ racial equality ⓘ
awardReceived	Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights ⓘ surface form: 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	Fred Korematsu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korematsu
givenName	Fred ⓘ
hasHeritageDay	Day of Remembrance (Japanese American internment) ⓘ surface form: Fred Korematsu Day
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasSpouse	Kathryn Pearson ⓘ
heritageDayEstablished	2010 ⓘ
heritageDayObservedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
heritageDayObservedOn	January 30 ⓘ
honor	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
honoredBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ surface form: President 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	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Larkspur, California, United States
portrayedIn	documentary films about Japanese American internment ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
residence	Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	Day of Remembrance (Japanese American internment) ⓘ surface form: Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution

Referenced by (3)

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

Korematsu v. United States (dissent) → involvesParty → Fred Korematsu ⓘ

Korematsu v. United States → petitioner → Fred Korematsu ⓘ

Fred Korematsu → familyName → Fred Korematsu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korematsu