Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese-American civil rights activist who dedicated her life to fighting for social justice and human rights. Born in 1921 in New York City, Kochiyama grew up in a Japanese-American family and was deeply affected by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. She went on to become a prominent figure in the Asian-American movement, the Black Panther Party, and the American Indian M...