In the spring of 1942, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, including U.S. citizens, were forcibly relocated to internment camps following Executive Order 9066. Three young men, Min Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Fred Korematsu, defied the laws and served time in jail for their actions. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court upholding their convictions, the trio later filed suits to have their sentences overturned, hoping to break the silence and shame that had surrounded their experiences for decades.
Unfinished Business
Three young men, including attorney Min Yasui and Quaker student Gordon Hirabayashi, courageously defied the forced relocation and internment of over 110,000 Japanese Americans, many U.S. citizens, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
