Passing it on: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 0934052379
- ISBN-13
- 9780934052375
- Series
- Passing it on
- Category
- Civil rights movements
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Publisher
- University of California LA Asian Amer
- Author
- Yuri Kochiyama
Description
Cultural Writing. Asisan American Studies. PASSING IT ON is the account of an extraordinary Asian American woman who spoke out and fought shoulder-to-shoulder with African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Whites for social justice, civil rights, and prisoners and women's rights in the U.S. and internationally for over half a century. A prolific writer and speaker on human rights, Kochiyama has spoken at over 100 colleges and universities and high schools in the U.S. and Canada.
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