Articles & Books

“Yuri Kochiyama: The Politics of Love, Liberation, and Solidarity”

by Diane Fujino and Darlene Lee

(Foundations and Futures, May 2026)

Developed by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, this Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook includes 50 chapters, 1,500+ media assets, and 250+ ready-to-use lesson plans. This project is designed to transform classrooms into spaces of empathy, critical thinking, and change.

The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements

By Kai Naima Williams
Illustrated by Anastasia Magloire Williams

(Kaepernick Publishing, 2024)

“Reflections on My Grandma Yuri, Malcolm X, and the Past, Present and Future of Black-Asian Solidarity”

by Akemi Kochiyama

(That Which Remains Journal, January 2021)

“Yuri, Tupac, and a Harlem House”

by Taiyo Na (2014)

Heartbeat of the Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama

by Diane Carol Fujino

(University of Minnesota Press, 2005)

Passing it On: A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama

By Yuri Kochiyama, edited by Audee Kochiyama-Holman, Akemi Kochiyama-Sardinha, Marjorie Lee

(UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 2004)

The Life and Times of Yuri Kochiyama

by Mayumi Nakazawa

(Bungei-Shunju, 1998)

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