Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014), Women's Rights National Historical Park, 2016.
Photo date unknown. Yuri Kochiyama fought for Latino, African American, Native American and Asian American civil rights and causes. She held weekly open houses for activists in her Harlem apartment. A famous quote of Ms. Kochiyama's, "I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequalities, the injustices. It was all around you."
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