Yuri Kochiyama 河内山 百合子（ユリ・コウチヤマ） | |
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| Born | Mary Yuriko Nakahara May 19, 1921 San Pedro, California, United States |
| Died | June 1, 2014 Berkeley, California, United States |
Yuri Kochiyama (May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was a Japanese-Statesian civil rights activist. She fought against racism, colonialism, and the U.S. invasion of Vietnam.[1]
Early life
Kochiyama was born in 1921. Her father, Seiichi Nakahara, died in a U.S. concentration camp following the Pearl Harbor attack. After his death, Kochiyama's family lived in a horse stall before being sent to a concentration camp in Jerome, Arkansas.[1]
Civil rights activism
Kochiyama and her husband Bill moved to Harlem, New York in 1960 and joined the civil rights movement. She supported the Black liberation movement and witnessed Malcolm X's assassination in 1964. She participated in Chicano protests against the Vietnam War in 1970 in Los Angeles. She was involved in the 1980s reparations movement for Japanese Statesians imprisoned during World War 2. Following the September 11 attacks, she organized to protect Muslims and Arabs from the U.S. government.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Masao Suzuki (2014-06-03). "Yuri Kochiyama, 1921-2014" Fight Back! News. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-02-04.