Dearborn Public Schools is again
remembering civil rights leader Fred Korematsu during a special ceremony, and
the public is invited to attend. This
year\u2019s event will be held at the Michael Berry Career Center on Jan. 30 from
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ceremony is in partnership with the
Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Dearborn Schools
Superintendent\u2019s Student Advisory Council, Michael Berry Career Center staff,
and School Board Trustee Mary Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speakers will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students from the advisory council will
join dignitaries as they remember the significant contributions that Korematsu
made fighting for civil rights in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Korematsu\u2019s story is one of belated
triumph over the injustice endured by Japanese Americans during World War
II. Born in the United States in 1919,
Korematsu defied the U.S. government\u2019s order to report to internment camp after
the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. He
was convicted for his refusal and appealed his case all the way to the U.S.
Supreme Court, which ruled against him in a 6-3 decision in 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After World War II, Korematsu moved to
Michigan. His conviction was formally vacated in 1983 based on information that
the War Department had misled the Supreme Court with false allegations of
espionage and sabotage. In 1998,
Korematsu\u2019s courage and activism was honored with the Presidential Medal of
Freedom presented by President Bill Clinton.
Korematsu continued to fight for civil rights until his death in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Fred T. Korematsu Institute was
founded in 2009 to carry on Korematsu\u2019s legacy as a civil rights advocate by
educating and advocating for civil liberties for all communities. Today, events are held in his memory across
the country every year on or near Jan. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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#Students1stDbnSchs-Press Release #33-Dearborn holding Korematsu Day on January 30 Press Release #33\/2019-20FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 24, 2020Contact: Danene Charles, Coordinator for Affective Education(313) 827-8330 charled@dearbornschools.orgDavid Mustonen, Communications Director(313) 827-3006 MustonD@dearbornschools.org Dearborn planning ceremony for Korematsu Day Dearborn Public Schools is againremembering civil rights leader Fred Korematsu during a special ceremony, andthe public is invited to attend. Thisyear\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions\/2356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hankinsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}