Topaz Internee Fred Korematsu Remembered in Utah

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Utah’s Governor has declared today, January 30th, Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties. Korematsu was a Japanese American who was interned against his will in the Central Utah War Relocation Center in Topaz during World War II.  President of the Topaz Museum Board Jane Beckwith talks about Korematsu’s fight for civil liberties.

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Andrea Smardon is new at KUER, but she has worked in public broadcasting for more than a decade. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and news announcer for WGBH radio. While in Boston, she produced stories for Morning Edition, Marketplace Money, and The World. Her print work was published in The Boston Globe and Boston.com. Prior to that, she worked at Seattleââ