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each(prenominal) throughout history weve encountered people trying to contain and cage in people in about almost eachthing from a bathroom to an inhumation camp. Although these attempts to contain and imprison humans for no correct motive pay back been futile, These incidents do of course leave their marking and change society a responsibility that comes upon wrong doings. They change people in society like, Fred Korematsu ,born in the U.S. in 1919. His parents were born in Japan. Since he was born in the U.S. he was a citizen. He grew up like a normal churl in California. He had a normal childhood, until the attack on drib Harbor on December 7, 1942. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Nipponese Americans were regarded as a threat to the U.S. Things was soon to dramatic each(prenominal)y change for all the Japanese, including our own Fred Korematsu, an American- Japanese.After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were regarded as a threat to the United states of Am erica. This then led President Roosevelt issued Executive parliamentary law 9066, alike know as the Exclusion Order. This Order stated that any descendents or immigrants from enemy nations who might be a threat to U.S. certificate will report to assembly centers for Internment. There were no trials or hearings. They were constrained to evacuate and many lost their homes and their businesses. Fred Korematsu refused to go. He was a U.S. citizen so he felt like he had no real duty to leave, since he was obviously from there.Roosevelt had violated Korematsus basic constitutional rights and every other Japanese-American. The one-quarter amendment states itself, The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no wa... ... incident they have apologized, telling us that this incident was big for them and they had to take up the other end and do the right thing ultimately. Not only did they correct themselves, but it also shows the world how human their country is, how opinions are able to change over time, and how they do change In 1998 President Clinton presented the Presidential Medal of freedom to Korematsu. In the long history of our countrys constant search for justice, some names of ordinary citizens stand for millions of souls, Clinton with out doubt kew the Fred Korematsu had this then president Clinton last put the Presidential Medal of Freedom on him. Clinton said, recalling the names of civilised rights pioneers, to that distinguished list, today we add the name of Fred Korematsu. Fred Korematsu had finally got his victory, his voice was finally heard. He was correct.