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What did Fred T. Korematsu do that resulted in his arrest and conviction?

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Fred T. Korematsu was a national civil rights hero. In 1942, at the age of 23, he 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.

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The thing that Fred T. Korematsu did that resulted in his arrest and conviction is that after Pearl Harbor, he refused to report to a Japanese internment camp in California. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help. 
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