Google celebrates Yuri Kochiyama, an Asian American activist who dedicated her life to the fight for human rights and against racism and injustice.
She (May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was a Japanese American human rights activist, revolutionary, and close ally of Malcolm X. She is notable as one of the few prominent non-black Black separatists.
Born : Mary Yuriko Nakahara May 19, 1921 San Pedro, California, United States
Died : June 1, 2014 (aged 93) Berkeley, California, United States
Occupation : Human rights activist
Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama is being honored with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 95th birthday.She went to San Pedro High School and Compton Junior College, where she studied English, journalism and art, graduating in 1941.
She Became an Activist Alongside Malcolm X & Held Him in Her Arms After He Was Shot in 1965.Kochiyama died in her sleep in 2014, her family said. She was survived by her four living children, Audee, Eddie, Jimmy and Tommy, along with their spouses, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Her husband died in 1993. She had another son, Billy, who died in the 1970s, and a daughter, Aichi, who died in 1989.
Today's doodle by Alyssa Winans features Kochiyama taking a stand at one of her many protests and rallies.She and her family would later move to Harlem, where she became deeply involved in African American, Latino, and Asian American liberation and empowerment movements.
During her life, Kochiyama fought for many causes, including redress for Japanese-American internees, Puerto Rican independence, and the Black Liberation movement.
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