Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, 1942

Korematsu, Fred, 1919-2005

Besig, Ernest

1942

MS-3580_1387_0010

Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig, written from Tanforan Assembly Center, asking about the status of his case, which he has not heard news about. Stamped "confidential."

correspondence

1 page, 10 x 8 inches, handwritten

Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, 1942; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Records--Case Files, 1934-1993--Korematsu, Fred, 1942-1946--Correspondence 1942-1945, MS-3580_1387; California Historical Society.

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World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses
World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases
Activism and involvement--Civil rights
Activism and involvement--Civil liberties
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers

Temporary Assembly Centers--Tanforan

San Bruno (Calif.)

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