Episode 19 - The Land of the Free?
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Fred Korematsu was a law abiding, loyal citizen of the United States. He held no criminal record and loved his homeland so much that wanted to don a uniform to defend her. So, why then did his country turn on him and treat him like a criminal? Convicting him, incarcerating him, interring him, and leaving him with a criminal record? Fred would spend a lifetime trying to defend the injustice bestowed against him, and the thousands of others in his position. Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: [email protected]   Voices: Narrator: SuZe Kotsui Korematsu: Hieu Tieu   Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com YouTube Sound Effects Music & Sounds: ·       Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rmDlhgPqk ·       Possession by Purple PlanetAll music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ·       All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search.   Sources: ·       Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) - Our Documents - https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=26 ·       Mexican-American War - https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War ·       The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts, Summary & Video – HISTORY - https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849 ·       Pearl Harbor Attacks - As It Happened - Radio Broadcasts (1941) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Buw4XYc8E ·       Supreme Court Landmark Case [Korematsu v. United States] - https://www.stitcher.com/show/cspan-landmarkcases/episode/supreme-court-landmark-case-korematsu-v-united-states-42674029 ·       ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1873 - https://www.historycentral.com/rec/EconomicPanic.html ·       Chinese Exclusion Act - https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882 ·       Extending a beacon of hope to all who seek refuge - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/extending-beacon-hope-all-who-seek-refuge/ ·       Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/ ·       Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2008.00745.x ·       Gentlemen's Agreement - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen529 ·       Closing the Door on Immigration - https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm ·       Second Generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) before WWII - http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/depression-era-1930s/second-generation-japanese-americans-nisei-wwii/info ·       Karl Bendetsen - https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Karl_Bendetsen ·       The Munson Report - https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm ·       Kenneth Ringle - https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Kenneth_Ringle/ ·       FRED KOREMATSU: A CIVIL RIGHTS HERO - https://www.niot.org/niot-video/fred-korematsu-civil-rights-hero ·       Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066 | And Then They Came for Us - https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pearl-harbor-executive-order-9066-video/korematsu-institute/ ·       Executive Order 9066 - https://www.fdrlibrary.org/executive-order-9066 ·       A Look Back at the Executive Order that Cleared the Way for Internment - https://www.nbcnews.com/video/a-look-back-at-the-executive-order-that-cleared-the-way-for-internment-865872451965 ·       Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story - https://vimeo.com/118490262 ·       A Man of Quiet Bravery - https://vimeo.com/140002761 ·       Japanes
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