Yuri Kochiyama (May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist. Inspired by her experience in a Japanese-American detainment camp during World War 2 after Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 to initiate Japanese American internment, she later spent her life advocating for many causes, including racism, anti-war movements, and reparations for Japanese American internment prisoners. In 2005, she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.