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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> 
==WorkEthnic studies==
She wanted universities to have [[ethnic studies]] courses]]--a class where you learn about the culture and history of othernon-White races. Yoshimura and other [[Person of color|students of color]] fought for these classes to be added. They wanted their classes to reflect the variedall the different 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> WThen they were ignored, t university ignored the students. The students held protests. At one protest, faced by opposers, violence broke outviolence started between protestors and people who did not want ethnic studies classes. After the protests, CSULB added some ethnic studies courses to the curriculum. She⏎
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Yoshimura 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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