Prologue: a San Francisco courtroom -- The son of immigrants, but all-American -- The call to get rid of the "Japs" -- Fred's decision to live free -- Jail was better than camp -- The rocky, winding road to the Supreme Court -- The ugly abyss of racism -- Rebuilding a life -- "Intentional falsehoods" -- "A legal longshot"? -- Correcting the record -- A symbol in the continuing search for justice -- Epilogue.