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INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG READERS TO ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYS MOST COURAGEOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS, YURI KOCHIYAMA (1921 2014).

Debut childrens picture book author Kai Naima Williams great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that shaped Yuris life and influenced her activism. From Yuris incarceration in a Japanese-American concentration camp during World War II to her participation in movements organizing for better schools in Harlem to her close friendship with Malcolm X, Yuri never wavered in her belief in the power of the people especially young people to bring about social change.

Through imaginative writing and vibrant illustrations by Anastasia Magloire Williams, THE BRIDGES YURI BUILT is sure to inspire young readers to embrace Yuris unwavering belief that together we can build a bridge to a better world.

The legacy I would like to leave is that people try to build bridges and not walls. Yuri Kochiyama

Author: Kai Naima Williams
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Kaepernick Publishing
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 9.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781960571007
Language: English