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American historian and civil rights activist (1936–2002)

Yuji Ichioka (Japanese: 市岡雄二, June 23, 1936 – September 1, 2002) was a Japanese-American historian and civil rights activist, widely regarded as the preeminent scholar of Japanese American history.

Ichioka was a pioneer in the field of Asian American Studies and a leading figure in the Asian American movement.

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Alongside his partner Emma Gee,^[1] Ichioka is credited for coining the term "Asian American" and founding the Asian American Political Alliance^[2][3] to help unify different Asian ethnic groups (e.g.

Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, etc.) under one shared identity.

Early life and education

Yuji Ichioka was born in 1936 in San Francisco, California. As a child, he and his family were interned at Utah's Topaz War Relocation Center following the 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066, which ordered the internment of Japanese-Americans in the