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Yuri Kochiyama was a lifelong community builder and activist for social justice and human rights. The child of Issei , first-generation Japanese Americans, Mary Yuriko Nakahara was born on May 19, 1921 and raised in San Pedro, California.
Apr 1, 2021 · Her name is Yuri Kochiyama. A Japanese American activist whose early political awakenings came while incarcerated in the concentration camps of World War II America, Kochiyama dedicated her...
Kochiyama was one of the most prominent Asian American activists of the 20th century. Her life is featured in her memoirs, Passing It On (2004); the biography, Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama (2005); and two documentaries, Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice (1993) and Mountains that Take Wing (2009), as well as ...
Jun 5, 2014 · Yuri Kochiyama, a civil rights activist who formed an unlikely friendship with Malcolm X when he was still promoting black nationalism and later cradled his head in her hands as he lay dying...
Life Story: Yuri Kochiyama (1921–2014) Activist for Social and Racial Justice The story of a lifelong activist who fought for equality for all Americans.
Jun 2, 2014 · Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama has died of natural causes in Berkeley, Calif., at age 93. The lifelong champion of civil rights causes in the black, Latino, Native American and...
The Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project proudly co- sponsors these events at East Side Art Alliance and J-Sei in Emeryville. Apr 25, 2024. Apr 9, 2024. Corky Lee’s Asian America: Chinatown Book Launch. Apr 9, 2024. Join us in Chinatown for the book launch party for Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice.
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