2025 Civil Liberties Symposium

2025 Civil Liberties Symposium

The Coram Nobis Cases: Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui

Join Friends of Minidoka, Minidoka National Historic Site, and community partners for the 2025 Civil Liberties Symposium, The Coram Nobis Cases: Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui

Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui resisted the unjust orders that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, and the Supreme Court, holding those orders constitutional, affirmed their convictions. Forty years later, Hirabayashi, Korematsu, and Yasui reopened their cases based on proof that the government lied to the Court. Learn about these landmark cases and the overturning of their criminal convictions for their wartime civil disobedience. Kathryn Bannai, Lorraine Bannai, and Peggy Nagae, attorneys from the three legal teams, will discuss their cases and implications for today.

October 8, 2025

The Egyptian Theatre, Boise, ID

5:00 pm - Doors open

5:30 pm - Film screening, Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

6:30 pm - Intermission

6:45 pm - Distinguished Lecture with Kathryn Bannai, Lorraine Bannai, and Peggy Nagae. Discussion moderated by Melissa Davlin.