Person

Yuri Kochiyama

Acting · 1921–2014 · San Pedro, California, USA

Yuri Kochiyama (河内山 百合子 (ユリ・コウチヤマ), Kōchiyama Yuriko; born Mary Yuriko Nakahara; May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist born in San Pedro, California. She was interned at the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas during World War II, an experience that influenced her views on racism in the United States. While interned, she helped run a letter-writing campaign to Nisei (transl. 'second-generation') soldiers, wrote for the Jerome camp newspaper, and volunteered with the United Service Organizations (USO).

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  Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

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  Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

  Self (archival)

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  Seven Songs for Malcolm X

  1993

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  Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

  Self

• 2026Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights MovementSelf (archival)
• 2010Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and LiberationSelf
• 1993Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for JusticeHerself
• 1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X