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Description
Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig. Korematsu writes he is now working at a tire company and has decided to learn that trade, "since I can't get any job in welding, because of my race." He writes his mother had a tumor in her stomach and had an operation, and is doing fine. Also, that more people have left camp, and it feels deserted when he visits his folks, also because the heat and dust keep everyone inside. Stamped "confidential." The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case argued before the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944), challenging the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 3 pages, 10 x 6 inches, handwritten application/pdf
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases--Fred Korematsu Activism and involvement--Civil rights Activism and involvement--Civil liberties World War II--Incarceration camps--Medical care and health issues World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Leaving camp--Work leave
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