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Yuri Kochiyama

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Profession
Activist
Died
Jun 1, 2014
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
San Pedro CA
About
American civil rights activist who was influenced by her Japanese-American family's experience in an American internment camp during World War II. She fought for causes including reparations for Japanese-American internees, black separatism, the anti-war movement and the rights of political prisoners.
Family
She was born and raised in San Pedro, California. In 1946, she married Bill Kochiyama, a Japanese-American who fought for the United States. They had six children.

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