Matsuda, Minn, 1911-2003

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Minn Matsuda was born in 1911 in Seattle, Washington. She lived in Utah, California, and New York. She married and had one son. She was active in the Asian American and African American civil rights movements and was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America. She worked with Kazu Iijima to organize Asian Americans for Action. At the time of the interview, she was involved in the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.
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referencedIn Guide to the New York University Department of History Oral History Class Collection, 1984-1999 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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associatedWith Iijima, Kazu Ikeda, 1918-2007 person
associatedWith Kochiyama, Yuri, 1921-2014 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
California CA US
Seattle WA US
Salt Lake City UT US
New York City NY US
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Asian Americans
Communists
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans
Occupation
Civil rights activists
Community activists
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Birth 1911-05-31

Death 2003-08-06

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Japanese,

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