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Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-257-19)
Continuing involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
Narrator Yuri Kochiyama
Nisei female. Born May 19, 1921, in San Pedro, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Mississippi before marrying and moving to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Became involved in a number of political causes …
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Crusaders Collection (ddr-janm-19)
Mary Yuri Nakahara (later known as Yuri Kochiyama) founded a young women's social organization while at Santa Anita Assembly Center called the Crusaders. The members later spread out to multiple incarceration sites, and many members wrote letters to Japanese American servicemen. The Crusaders assembled scrapbooks of letters received, including this one compiled by Rinko Shimasaki. Also …
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