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Atkins, Laura. FRED KOREMATSU SPEAKS UP Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2017] IL 5-8 ISBN 9781597143684 |
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Fred Korematsu’s life is normal. He is a Japanese American, born in California. His family owns land and runs a plant nursery. He has a steady girlfriend and bright hopes for his future. Then his world is turned upside down when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Before long, Fred and his family lose everything. Their land, their freedom and their dignity. A law is passed requiring people of Japanese ancestry, to register and to move into internment camps. Fred stands up for his civil rights and refuses to follow this law. This book is a great read if you have any interest in historical fiction or if you would like to know more about what took place during the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It is a quick read written partially in prose and loaded with facts and pictures about this time in history. (Prepared by: Miriam Hurt, Cario Middle School, miriam_hurt@charleston.k12.sc.us for South Carolina Book Award) |
| SUBJECTS: Korematsu,
Fred, -- 1919-2005 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. Japanese Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. |
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