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.

Visit minidoka.org for more information.

Thank you to our partners:

Minidoka National Historic Site

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial

Boise State University, School of Public Service

College of Idaho

University of Idaho, College of Law

The Community Library

Idaho State Bar, Diversity Committee

Boise State Public Radio

ACLU of Idaho

Japanese American Citizens League – Boise Valley

Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning

Avery Hotel + Brassiere

KIN Boise

Thank you to our supporters:

Mellon Foundation

Paul and Laurie Ahern