/citiestour..org you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> all persons having business before the honorable supreme court of the united states give their attention. >> bright core monsoon boldly opposed the interment of japanese-americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> this week on landmark cases, we discuss the landmark case of korematsu against the united states. after the attack on pearl harbor, 120,000 people of japanese origin who lived near a military installations were sent to internment camps. >> this is a re-creation of a barrack. they were 120 feet long and divided into six different rooms. they didn't have sheetrock or ceilings, they didn't have masonite on the floor, it would have been freezing, even in the daytime. the only heating that they had was a potbellied stove. but this would not have been able to heat the entire room in a comfortable way. >> challenging the evacuation order, he defied the order and was arrested and his cas