Today the Borough of Fort Lee celebrated Fred Korematsu Day to honor Korematsu’s stand for civil liberties and justice—especially his courage in challenging the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Korematsu refused to comply with the forced removal of Japanese Americans and took his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Decades later, his conviction was overturned, exposing how the government withheld evidence. The day, which has been celebrated for the past 7 years in