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Fred Korematsu speaks up

Title
Fred Korematsu speaks up / by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi ; illustrations by Yutaka Houlette.
ISBN
9781597143684 (hardcover)
1597143685 (hardcover)
Publication
Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends--just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This included Fred, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go. He knew that what the government was doing was unfair. And when he got put in jail for resisting, he knew he couldn't give up. Inspired by the award-winning book for adults Wherever There's a Fight, the Fighting for Justice series introduces young readers to real-life heroes and heroines of social progress. The story of Fred Korematsu's fight against discrimination explores the life of one courageous person who made the United States a fairer place for all Americans, and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice."--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Series
Fighting for justice.
Fighting for justice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
Contents
Getting a haircut
Pruning roses
Being a teen
Exploding, 1941
Deciding to defy
Saying yes
Living in a horse stall
Feeling like an orphan
Getting the letter
Rebuilding, 1945 to 1966
Uncovering lies, 1982
Making the case, 1983
speaking up for justice: from Fred's day to ours
My father, by Karen Korematsu.
Genre/Form
History.
Juvenile works.
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