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'''Evelyn Yoshimura''' (b. 1948) is a Japanese-American activist. She helped change the curriculum at Cal State University Long Beach (CSULB).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Farmer|first=Jessica|date=March 26, 2021|title=Commentary: 6 historical female activists to celebrate this Women's History Month}}</ref> ⏎
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She wanted [[ethnic studies courses]]--a class where you learn about the culture and history of other races. Yoshimura and other students of color fought for these classes to be added. They wanted their classes to reflect the varied races at the university.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Inspiring Stories: Evelyn Yoshimura|url=https://www.ltsc.org/evelyn-yoshimura/|access-date=2022-04-20|website=Little Tokyo Service Center|language=en-US}}</ref> When they were ignored, the students held protests. At one protest, faced by opposers, violence broke out. After the protests, CSULB added some ethnic studies courses to the curriculum. She also helped create the [[Amerasia bookstore]]<ref name=":1" />. The bookstore was one of the only places that sold books by [[Japanese American|Japanese-American]] authors. In the early 1970s,<ref name=":0" /> Evelyn joined the [[newspaper Gidra]]. Gidra wrote about the [[Asian Americans|Asian-American]] movement. It’s often viewed as “the voice of the Asian-American movement”<ref name=":0" />. She’s also an original staff member for the [[Little Tokyo Service Center]] (LTSC), which supports Japanese-Americans, especially in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]’ “Little Tokyo” district. After the [[1992 Los Angeles riots|LA riots in 1992]], they helped Asian-Americans and other riot victims as well. The LTSC was an existing [[community service]] group that was already organized. This made it easier for them to help.

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