Bulletin Board Archive

Topic: Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama

1. Feb 20, 2008 02:20pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
   Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on Her Internment in a WWII Japanese-American Detention Camp & Malcolm X’s Assassination http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/20/civil_rights_activist_yuri_kochiyama_remembers [quote:23eb181a67] 43 years ago this week, Malcolm X was gunned down in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. Yuri Kochiyama cradled his head as he lay dying on the stage. Kochiyama’s activism began after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when she and her family were held in an internment camp along with more than 100,000 Japanese in the United States. From the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay we now move to an earlier era of imprisonment in U.S. history. This week marks the 66th anniversary of President Franklin D Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066. The order forced more than 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese descent into internment camps. This included nearly 70,000 American citizens. The Supreme Court upheld the establishment of the internment camps after civil rights pioneer Fred Korematsu was jailed for refusing to be interned. Korematsu said years later “In order for things like this to never happen, we have to protest… so don’t be afraid to speak up.” We now turn to excerpts from our 2006 interview with civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. Her father was detained in 1942 hours after Pearl Habor was attacked. He died soon after. The rest of Yuri Kochiyama’s family was eventually sent to an internment camp. She recalled the day federal agents detained her father. Yuri Kochiyama, longtime civil rights activist, interned at a U.S. concentration camp during World War II, friend of Malcolm X and with him as he died. Yuri Kochiyama is the author of “Passing It On”, a memoir.[/quote:23eb181a67]
2. Feb 20, 2008 05:12pm by NRG - livin the art that is life ! www.64111clinic.com fam www.nrginmotion.com massage www.myspace.com/nrginmotion world community Location: havenhouse KCK/ 64111 Clinic 4 Life
   did you see this Ace. . . . . . . . . me thinks they need some of your passion to help raise this event for youth came across my desk today. . . . . The Summit on Immigration & Racism: Defending Human Rights needs youth voices! Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Youth Activism Workshop from 2:00 - 3:00p.m. Cristo Rey High School 211 W. Linwood KC MO 64111 Youth can attend this workshop for FREE more in another thread. . . . . . . . . . check it out ace http://www.hiphopkc.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=4440 mothersistadaughter
3. Feb 20, 2008 08:18pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
   Thank You! I'm on it!