IL HJR0005

Commends Fred T. Korematsu for his courageous civil disobedience in refusing to comply with Executive Order No. 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

Recognizes that Korematsu was arrested, convicted, and sent to Topaz internment camp in Utah, but his conviction was overturned in 1983 and the Supreme Court repudiated the original Korematsu decision in 2018

Notes Korematsu received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton and his efforts helped inspire the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which formally apologized to those wrongfully incarcerated

Encourages Illinois schools and institutions of higher learning to incorporate Korematsu's story and his stand for civil liberties into their curriculum

Directs that copies of the resolution be presented to the Illinois State Board of Education and each Illinois state university