History at Cerritos College

Tomorrow at 11 in Science 201...Dr. Tomás Summers Sandoval shares the stories of Mexican Americans who served in the Vietnam War.

Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 23 for an event featuring guest lecturer Tomás Summers Sandoval, speaking about Mexican Americans in the Vietnam War.

Dr. Tomás Summers Sandoval will be presenting, "Hidden Patriots: The Vietnam War in Mexican America," in Science 201 at 11 a.m. on October 23. Before then, you might want to check out his play based on the same oral history interviews.

History majors: Do you still need to take History 103 Political and Social History of the United States, since 1877? Good news: Several sections of History 103 in Summer sessions still have space for students. The first Summer session starts Monday, May 21;... the second starts Monday, June 18; and the third starts Monday, July 2. There are sections at different times of day to suit your needs. Go to MyCerritos today to sign up for a History 103 section that fits your schedule. [Image: A group of children and adults march with American flags in the streets of Selma, Alabama in 1965.]

Expanded library hours for finals...see the schedule in the image.

Important anniversary coming up...

DID YOU KNOW? Today, January 30th, is Fred Korematsu Day. We shared this same post on this day last year, and we believe it can never be shared too many times.... In 1942 Fred Korematsu refused to follow orders to be incarcerated along with 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the West coast of the United States. In 1944, his case reached the Supreme Court. Justice Roberts, in dissent of the opinion of the court, wrote: "The indisputable facts exhibit a clear violation of constitutional rights... It is a case of convicting a citizen as punishment for not submitting to imprisonment in a concentration camp, based on his ancestry, and solely because of his ancestry, without evidence or inquiry concerning his loyalty and good disposition toward the United States." In 1983, when U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel vacated Korematsu's conviction, she said the case is a "caution that in times of distress the shield of military necessity and national security must not be used to protect governmental actions from close scrutiny and accountability." Fred Korematsu himself feared, "As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing." For more information, visit our partner website encyclopedia.densho.org/Fred_Korematsu/.

The high ambitions and complicated legacy of the second American revolution, Radical Reconstruction, which is 150 years old this month.