On April 9, the documentary Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story will be shown at UNLV and followed by a panel discussion of the legal challenges to the internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II.

The panel will include Fred and Kathryn Korematsu, filmmaker Eric Fournier, Korematsu attorney Don Tamaki and American Civil Liberties Union attorney Allen Lichtenstein. Professor Jeffrey Stempel of the William S. Boyd School of Law will moderate the discussion.

The event, sponsored by the Boyd School of Law, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Classroom Building Complex, Room A108.

Fred Korematsu was convicted and imprisoned for violating the curfew imposed on Japanese-Americans during the war and for failing to report for internment. In 1944, the United States Supreme Court heard his case but sided with the government. The infamous decision became part of constitutional law casebooks.

In 1983, Korematsu was finally successful in having his original conviction overturned. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1988.

For additional information, call Terri Eckersall at 895-2486.