Yuri Kochiyama

    Yuri Kochiyama

    Acting

    May 19, 1921
    Died June 1, 2014 (93 years old)
    San Pedro, California, USA

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    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...

    Known For

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    Self (archival)

    Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

    Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

    Herself

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

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

    Self

    Filmography

    Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    2026

    as Self (archival)

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

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

    2010

    as Self

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    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    1993

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    Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

    Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

    1993

    as Herself

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