Yuri Kochiyama – Human Rights Activist – Freedom Fighter
If you ever had the honor and privilege of  meeting Yuri Kochiyama, you would know her to be the most gentle and humble of all human spirits. I knew her, and her husband, Bill, and visited with them in their Harlem apartment. Even though Yuri was a Japanese American, she was  as committed to the full liberation of African American people as any African American activist I have ever known. She had a deep love for African American people. She had a deep love for oppressed people. Young African Americans who never knew of her …