Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fred_Toyosaburo_Korematsu
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:activist
gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:awardYear 1998
gptkbp:birthDate 1919-01-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Oakland,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Karen_Korematsu
gptkbp:deathDate 2005-03-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Larkspur,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity Japanese American
gptkbp:Fred_Korematsu_Day_first_observed 2011
gptkbp:Fred_Korematsu_Day_observed_in gptkb:California
gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Fred_Korematsu_Day_of_Civil_Liberties_and_the_Constitution
Korematsu Institute named in his honor
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor challenging Japanese American internment during World War II
gptkbp:occupation welder
civil rights advocate
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Korematsu_v._United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Kathryn_Pearson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fred_Korematsu
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5