![]() ![]() He disagreed with the government’s actions and placed the family’s property in trust, so they had a home to return to. They were fortunate to have a family friend who was the town lawyer. They were released in 1945 and returned to their home in central California. His father was born in a horse stable in May of 1942, before the family was relocated to Manzanar in the Mojave Desert. During World War II, his grandparents were forced into the relocation center at Santa Ana Racetrack. His great-grandparents immigrated from Japan in the late 1800s to California as part of the agricultural boom there. Thor Inouye is a fourth-generation Japanese American or Yonsei. Nina Fain, Treasurer & Co-Chair D.I.C.E Committee, The Chicago Bar AssociationĮirene Nakamura Salvi, Co-Chair and Founding Member, Japanese Bar Association of Chicago The program is co-sponsored by The Chicago Bar Association D.I.C.E Committee, the Young Lawyers Section of the CBA and the Japanese American Bar Association of Chicago.ĭaniel Berkowitz, Chair of Young Lawyers Section, The Chicago Bar Association The trial reenactment materials were drafted and generously provided by the Asian American Bar Association of New York. Sandwiches will be served in advance of the program. ![]() This program will be held in person at The Chicago Bar Association building (321 S. At this program CBA members will reenact key moments from his trial and panelists will examine key areas of law involved in the case. Supreme Court, which rejected his claim that the relocation of Japanese Americans during the War was based on racial bias. However, Korematsu stood up for his rights as an American-born citizen. security and were sent to remote internment camps in the West. During World War II, Japanese Americans were regarded as a threat to U.S. Join us for a trial reenactment of Korematsu v. ![]()
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