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Yuri Kochiyama

19 May 2016 • Kimberly

Yuri Kochiyama speaks at an anti-war demonstration in New York City's Central Park circa 1968. Kochiyama, who straddled black revolutionary politics and Asian-American empowerment movements during four decades of activism that had brought her to Malcolm X's side moments after he was shot by assassins, has died in Berkeley. She was 93.

"Remember that consciousness is power. Consciousness is education and knowledge. Consciousness is becoming aware." — Yuri Kochiyama Shoutout to today's Google Doodle featuring Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese-American human rights activist, in celebration of what would've been her 95th birthday. Thank ... Read More

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