Who was Fred Korematsu? Include where he was born and why he was a fugitive in your answer.

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Averi Miller

5 August, 19:39

Who was Fred Korematsu? Include where he was born and why he was a fugitive in your answer.

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Brittany Santos · Answer 1

Korematsu was born on January 30, 1919, to Japanese parents who ran a plant nursery in Oakland, California. He worked as a shipyard welder after graduating from high school until he lost his job after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was 22 when the U. S. plunged into war.

Nikolas Leonard · Answer 2

Fred Korematsu was born in the United states in the city of Oakland, California on January 30th of 1919, he was a fugitive because of his ideas.

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He was a civil rights activist a japanese descended man who opposed to president's Franklin D. Roosevelt order to remove all Japanese ancestry people living on the West Coast from their homes to imprison them in internment camps, all of this was after Pearl Harbor events. He stated people should have a fair trial and a chance to defend their loyalty at court before imprisonment, so he became a fugitive.