In 1942, at the age of 23, Fred Korematsu refused to go to the government’s incarceration camps for Japanese Americans. After he was arrested and convicted of defying the government’s order, he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1944, the Supreme Court ruled against him, arguing that the incarceration was justified due to military necessity.

In honor of Fred Korematsu day, ACS, NLG, and APALSA are holding a special screening of the documentary “Of Civil Rights and Wrongs,” followed by reflections by a group of panelists, including a former internee of the Japanese internment camps. Lunch will be served.