IPR is featuring research and some of the many AAPI pioneers who have had an impact on the world today in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Fred Korematsu was born on Jan. 30, 1919, in Oakland, California to parents who had immigrated from Japan. In 1941, Korematsu was 22 years old when Pearl Harbor was … Continue reading Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu (1919 – 2005)
IPR is featuring some of the many AAPI pioneers who had an impact on the field of public relations in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Yuri Kochiyama (1921–2014) was a political activist who contributed to movements for social justice and human rights. In 1943, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Kochiyama was incarcerated at Camp Jerome in … Continue reading Pioneer Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014)