Japanese American Woman involved in Ex parte Mitsuye Endo case
Mitsuye Endo
Born
(1920-05-10)May 10, 1920
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Died
April 14, 2006(2006-04-14) (aged 85)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality
American
Known for
Ex parte Endo
Mitsuye "Maureen" Endo Tsutsumi (Japanese: 遠藤 ミツエ,[1] May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was placed in an internment camp during World War II.[2][3] Endo filed a writ of habeas corpus that ultimately led to a United States Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. government could not continue to detain a citizen who was "concededly loyal" to the United States.[4]
Mitsuye "Maureen" Endo Tsutsumi (Japanese: 遠藤 ミツエ, May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was placed in an internment...
Ex parte MitsuyeEndo, 323 U.S. 283 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court ex parte decision handed down on December 18, 1944, in which the Court unanimously...
detention. Endo bravely refused the offer and remained confined without charge for another two years as she pursued her case. ("MitsuyeEndo Persevering...
(1899–2013) and Mitsue Toyoda (1902–2016) Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese-born American poet and activist MitsuyeEndo (1920–2006), plaintiff in the 1944...
and peril". However, the Court also decided Ex parte Endo in December 1944 to grant MitsuyeEndo her liberty from the camps because the Department of...
was not given to internees.: 143 Topaz internees Fred Korematsu and MitsuyeEndo challenged their internment in court. Korematsu's case was heard and...
Cristoforo (1917–2007), poet. Also interned at Jerome. MitsuyeEndo (1920–2006), plaintiff of the Ex parte Endo Supreme Court case that led to Japanese Americans...
(1938–2009), an American civil rights activist. MitsuyeEndo (1920–2006), plaintiff of the Ex parte Endo Supreme Court case that led to Japanese Americans...
MitsuyeEndo and 120,000 persons of Japanese descent challenging their wartime detention as unlawful. The Supreme Court heard the case, Ex parte Endo...
lens Kenji Yamada (1924–2014), a two-time U.S. National Judo champion Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), a Japanese American writer. Takuji Yamashita (1874–1959)...
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