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Ina Sugihara

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Ina Sugihara
Born7 September 1919 Edit this on Wikidata
Las Animas Edit this on Wikidata
Died16 September 2004 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 85)
White Plains Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationActivist, secretary (1941–) Edit this on Wikidata
Political partySocialist Party USA Edit this on Wikidata

Ina Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原 イナ,[1] September 7, 1919 – September 16, 2004) was a civil rights activist who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE) New York chapter and the Japanese American Citizens League's (JACL) New York branch, which was JACL's first multiracial chapter.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Sugihara was a Nisei born in Las Animas, Colorado on September 7, 1919, to William Bonsaku and Takeyo Sugihara, who were both Japanese immigrants.[6][7][8] She studied at Long Beach Community College and the University of California, Berkeley.[6] In March 1942, Sugihara moved to New York City to avoid being incarcerated during World War II due to her Japanese heritage.[4][6] In 1943, Sugihara became a founding member of CORE's New York's branch.[8] Sugihara emphasized cross-cultural solidarity in her activism.[3][8] She assisted in organizing the Japanese American Citizens League's New York branch, which was JACL's first multiracial chapter [5][8] She was also active in the NAACP and wrote a piece titled "Our Stake in a Permanent FEPC" in 1945 for The Crisis.[4][3][8]

Sugihara died in White Plains on September 16, 2004.[8]

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  2. ^ Institution, Smithsonian. "The great unknown : Japanese American sketches / Greg Robinson". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c "photo of Ina Sugihara, New York CORE · corenyc.org". www.corenyc.org. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. ^ a b c Wu, Ellen (2022-11-02). "Asian Americans Helped Build Affirmative Action. What Happened?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. ^ a b "Bank of America Women's Leadership Series". Asia Society. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  6. ^ a b c d "Oral history interview with Ina Sugihara Jones, 2000". oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu. 2010. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. ^ a b Robinson, Greg; Robinson, Toni (2005). ""Korematsu" and Beyond: Japanese Americans and the Origins of Strict Scrutiny". Law and Contemporary Problems. 68 (2): 42. ISSN 0023-9186. JSTOR 27592093.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Robinson, Greg (12 May 2014). "Ina Sugihara". encyclopedia.densho.org/. Retrieved 31 March 2023.