19: Episode 19 - The Land of the Free?

Fred Korematsu was a law abiding, loyal citizen of the United States. He held no criminal record and loved his homeland so much so, that he wanted to don a uniform to defend her. So, why then did his country turn on him and treat him like a criminal? Convicting him, incarcerating him, interring him, and leaving him with a criminal record? Fred would spend a lifetime trying to defend the injustice bestowed against him, and the thousands of others in his position.

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Kotsui Korematsu: Hieu Tieu

 

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Sources:

• Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rmDlhgPqk
• Possession by Purple Planet
• All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search.
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• Sources:
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) - Our Documents - https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=26
• Mexican-American War - https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War
• The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts, Summary & Video – HISTORY - https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849
• Pearl Harbor Attacks - As It Happened - Radio Broadcasts (1941) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Buw4XYc8E
• Supreme Court Landmark Case [Korematsu v. United States] - https://www.stitcher.com/show/cspan-landmarkcases/episode/supreme-court-landmark-case-korematsu-v-united-states-42674029
• ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1873 - https://www.historycentral.com/rec/EconomicPanic.html
• Chinese Exclusion Act - https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882
• Extending a beacon of hope to all who seek refuge - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/extending-beacon-hope-all-who-seek-refuge/
• Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/
• Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2008.00745.x
• Gentlemen's Agreement - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen529
• Closing the Door on Immigration - https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm
• Second Generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) before WWII - http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/depression-era-1930s/second-generation-japanese-americans-nisei-wwii/info
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