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Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
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Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Biography

Workers World recalls Kiyoshi Kuromiya’s childhood incarceration and later antiwar activism. Its Nevada camp location conflicts with the National Park Service’s LGBTQ heritage study, which identifies his birthplace as Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. The camp location follows that corroborating source; no exact custody endpoints are supplied. Corroboration: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-law.pdf (printed page 19-41). Workers World, October 5, 2006, vol.48 no.39, original PDF page 11. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=11

The same article reports Kuromiya’s separate arrest while demonstrating against the Vietnam War. It does not give the location, date, charge, discharge or custody duration. Workers World, October 5, 2006, vol.48 no.39, original PDF page 11. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=11

Portrait: exact rectangular crop from the individually captioned photograph, original PDF page 11. Photographer not credited. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=11. Historical educational identification; no open-license or permission claim.

Cases

Charges: Wartime internment of a Japanese American infant; no individual criminal charge
Sentence: Workers World recalls Kiyoshi Kuromiya’s childhood incarceration and later antiwar activism. Its Nevada camp location conflicts with the National Park Service’s LGBTQ heritage study, which identifies his birthplace as Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. The camp location follows that corroborating source; no exact custody endpoints are supplied. Corroboration: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-law.pdf (printed page 19-41). Workers World, October 5, 2006, vol.48 no.39, original PDF page 11. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=11
Charges: Arrest during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration; precise charge unspecified
Sentence: The same article reports Kuromiya’s separate arrest while demonstrating against the Vietnam War. It does not give the location, date, charge, discharge or custody duration. Workers World, October 5, 2006, vol.48 no.39, original PDF page 11. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=11