we can continue to creatively evolve our work to preserve and share their core story of courage.

United States upheld Korematsus conviction and the removal orders.Hirono and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.

Korematsu stood up for the rights of more than 125.000 individuals of Japanese ancestry.000 Japanese Americans illegally incarcerated during World War II.

which authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to concentration camps.Korematsu was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

000 people of Japanese ancestry were sent to the camps.

Thats why we continue to tell Freds story and teach our younger generations the perseverance and determination that has been woven into the Japanese American identity.His investigative work shed light on Chol Soo Lee.

When racial tensions in Los Angeles escalated during the 1990s.Lee launched The Korea Times – English Edition to provide fairer coverage of the Korean American community.

Lee co-founded the Korean American Journalists Association in 1987.Committed to empowering future generations.