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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, January 26, 2017:
Councilwoman Helen Gym (At Large) introduced a resolution Declaring January 30th, 2017, Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in Philadelphia.
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/PHLKorematsu
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You
so
much
council
president
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues,
council
members,
green
squalor,
Oh,
Parker
and
Dom
for
co-sponsoring
this
resolution,
and
it's
a
great
honor
for
me
to
ask
our
city
council
to
consider
this
resolution
to
name
to
honor
Fred
Korematsu.
Here
in
the
city
he
was
a
japanese-american
to
in
1942,
was
arrested
when
the
Wendy
orders
for
interment
came
down
was
arrested
because
he
had
refused
to
abide
by
them.
He
refused
to
report
for
interment.
He
stood
up
against
discrimination
against
Americans
of
Japanese
ancestry.
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Fred
Korematsu
joined
100,000,
other
japanese
americans,
who
suffered
for
the
number
of
years
that
they
were
incarcerated,
losing
their
homes,
personal
properties
who
died
in
many
of
these
in
turn
link
camps,
but
as
soon
as
he
was
released
continued
his
struggle.
He
continued
to
challenge
his
convictions
and
pursued
them
until
they
were
finally
overturned
in
1983,
in
which
a
court
found
a
federal
court
found
that
a
grave
injustice
was
done
to
Fred
Korematsu
and
the
other
japanese
americans
and
regretted
deeply.
What
had
happened.
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C
The
city
helpful
honor
his
memory,
especially
as
we
coincided
with
the
passage
of
a
resolution
that
honors
our
Muslim
communities
and
it's
a
reminder
that
the
profound
injustice
that
was
done
to
Fred,
Korematsu
and
100,000
Americans
of
Japanese
ancestry
is
a
reminder
to
us
about
the
evils
of
legislation
based
on
xenophobia
and
racism,
particularly
in
light
of
the
current
proposals
to
limit
or
ban
immigrants
and
refugees
in
the
United
States
based
on
their
face.
And
so
with
that.
I
respectfully
ask
for
two
helpful
support
and
thank
you
when
it
comes
up.
Thank.