Google Doodle Honors Japanese-American Activist Who Fought Versus Internment Camps

Google Doodle Honors Japanese-American Activist Who Fought Versus Internment Camps


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immigration ban, employees of Google have been quite vocal about their outrage. In addition to staging a protest and setting up a multimillion dollar disaster fund, the Bay Location-primarily based business has also subtly spoken out from the executive get by means of artwork. On January thirty,...


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immigration ban, employees of Google have been quite vocal about their outrage. In addition to staging a protest and setting up a multimillion dollar disaster fund, the Bay Location-primarily based business has also subtly spoken out from the executive get by means of artwork. On January thirty, Google celebrated the 98th birthday of Japanese-American Civil Rights Activist and internment protester Fred Korematsu with his quite own Google Doodle.


In 1942, California-born Korematsu went into hiding adhering to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s executive get that termed for the internment of all United States-primarily based Japanese persons. He was soon captured, having said that, and taken to courtroom. Despite the fact that he been given counsel from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he was in the end convicted in the now-notorious Supreme Court docket case Korematsu v. United States. He was then sent to Central Utah War Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah, where by he and his loved ones had been compelled to remain until the war’s finish.
Next his internment, Korematsu became a celebrated figure amongst Civil Rights’ groups, and, in 1983, President Invoice Clinton awarded him with the Presidential Medal of Flexibility. In the Fred Korematsu Google Doodle—lovingly illustrated by artist Sophie Diao—he is depicted proudly wearing the award around his neck and standing before an internment camp. The dismal grey background is contrasted by cheerful cherry blossoms and the patriotic typography of the Google symbol, symbolizing  hope and reminding us to never go back.
You can find out more about the courageous activist through Google’s educational video underneath.
Korematsu with Rosa Parks.

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All illustrations or photos by way of the Korematsu Institute unless or else mentioned.