Yuri and Bill Kochiyama Papers, 1936-2003, bulk 1968-1998186.25 linear feet (120 linear feet (91 record cartons and 4 oversize items, Oakland accession) and 64.17 linear feet (51 record cartons, New York accession). Boxes 35, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 53 do not exist. Malcolm X scrapbook is Box 65)
Creator
Kochiyama, Yuri
Abstract Or Scope
Akemi Kochiyama-Sardinha, the granddaughter of Yuri and Bill Kochiyama, described her mother's archive as "made up of her documentation of all the people and movements she engaged with every day of her life. In collecting it, she captured the history of many of the overlapping and aligned movements for liberation that took place over the last half of the twentieth century. It includes personal correspondence, documentation of her work with Malcolm X and the OAAU, and countless other activists, movements, and organizations. It provides, I think, an important window into the complex history, and power, and potential, for radical solidarities now." ["Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama" (19 February 2025) [This event was co-created by The New York Public Library's Center for Educators and Schools, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and in collaboration with the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University and the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project.]]