Fred Korematsu - Legacy

Legacy

• Fred T. Korematsu Elementary School at Mace Ranch in Davis, California is named for Korematsu.

• The freshman campus of San Leandro High School is named Fred T. Korematsu Campus in respect to Korematsu.

• The Discovery Academy elementary school in Oakland, California, was renamed Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy.

• In 1988, a street in San Jose, California was renamed Korematsu Court.

• There is a Korematsu bronze relief in front of the San Jose Federal Building.

• Awards in his name include the American Muslim Voices Korematsu Civil Rights Award.

• On September 23, 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California signed into law a bill that designates January 30 of each year as the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution., a first for an Asian American in the US. It was observed for the first time on January 30, 2011. The main celebration of the California state was held at the Wheeler Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus, sponsored by the Korematsu Institute, a non-profit program co-founded by Korematsu's daughter, Karen Korematsu, and the Asian Law Caucus, a San Francisco-based civil rights organization. The event included presentations by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and a screening of the Emmy Award-winning film "Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story."