Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on Her Internment in a WWII Japanese American Detention Camp & Malcolm X’s Assassination - Wednesday Film Recommendation

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Mar 29

Social Inc is hosting a Wednesday Film Recommendation.

All Mohawk College students can access this film for free through Democracy Now!.

This week:

"Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on Her Internment in a WWII Japanese American Detention Camp & Malcolm X’s Assassination"

"Forty-three 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 Americans in the United States."

Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.

Watch "Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on Her Internment in a WWII Japanese American Detention Camp & Malcolm X’s Assassination" here.

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