Illinois is 4th State to Honor Civil Rights Trailblazer
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn proclaimed January 30 “Fred Korematsu Day” across Illinois to honor the civil rights activist whose challenge of the Japanese American internment in World War II became a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case. Illinois is the fourth state to recognize Korematsu, following Hawaii, California and Utah. It is the first such honorary day named for an Asian American in the United…
