Tag Archives: Fred Korematsu

IPR is featuring research and some of the many AAPI pioneers who have had an impact on the world today in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Fred Korematsu was born on Jan. 30, 1919, in Oakland, California to parents who had immigrated from Japan. In 1941, Korematsu was 22 years old when Pearl Harbor was … Continue reading Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu (1919 – 2005)