Korematsu v. United States

In 1942, two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed an executive order requiring that all Japanese Americans move to “relocation camps” as a matter of national security. Fred Korematsu refused, was arrested for violating an “exclusion order,” and convicted. Learn how Korematsu carried his fight against what he thought was an “un-American” law all the way to the Supreme Court, and why the decision ultimately went against him. How did history and subsequent Courts treat this decision?

English
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Created May 2, 2022 by
    wraith2010
  • Modified May 2, 2022 by
    wraith2010