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an homage for Yuri… — You were the first stamp on the letter for the least likely to receive the last one to forget a face ...
Maceo Hernandez is aptly nicknamed, “The Demon Drummer of East LA.” His story is one of identity, perseverance, and the blending of two cultures, while ...
It is with a heavy heart and a reflective spirit that our community remembers and meditates on the life of Yuri Kochiyama. For over half ...
Read Part 1 >>But let me now take you back to my earliest interactions with this remarkable woman. * * * On August 24, 1973, I conducted the ...
In California, January 30 was officially Fred Korematsu Day. It is important to honor and remember Korematsu but I believe it is also a time ...
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C.A. Griffith and H.T.L. Quan’s inspiring documentary, Mountains That Take Wing—Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama (2010), is a rewarding journey through ...
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Read Part 2 >>In December 1960, looking for a bigger home for their six kids, Yuri and Bill moved their family out to a new ...
Read Part 1 >>Her life drastically changed the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous words, “a ...
This is a paper that I wrote for my Intro to Asian American Studies class at UC Berkeley in Fall of 2010. When given the ...
Imagine spending your childhood hearing stories about how your grandmother took over the Statue of Liberty with Puerto Rican activists, or how she was present ...
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