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Chizu Iiyama
1921–2020
- Occupation
- activist
Chizu Iiyama (November 14, 1921 â August 26, 2020) was a Japanese American activist, social worker, and educator active in the Redress Movement, desegregation in Chicago, and other causes.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Topaz War Relocation CenterDates unknown
Biography
Chizu Iiyama (November 14, 1921 â August 26, 2020) was a Japanese American activist, social worker, and educator active in the Redress Movement, desegregation in Chicago, and other causes. She is best known for her contributions to the Japanese American Redress Movement, which sought to obtain reparations and a formal apology from the United States government for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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