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Postcard Signed By Kuromiya; Not Signed By Fuller. Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943 ? 2000) Was A Japanese American Author And Civil Rights And Anti-War Activist. Born In Wyoming At The World War Ii-Era Japanese American Internment Camp Known As Heart Mountain, Kuromiya Became An Aide To Martin Luther King Jr. And A Prominent Opponent Of The Vietnam War During The 1960S. One Of The Founders Of America's Gay Liberation Front, He Was Also The Founder Of The Critical Path Project And Its Newsletter, And Was The Editor Of Act Up's Standard Of Care, The First Medical Treatment And Cultural Competency Guidelines To Be Produced For People Living With Hiv By People Living With Hiv/Aids. Kuromiya Was A Committed Civil Rights And Anti-War Activist. He Was Also One Of The Founders Of Gay Liberation Front - Philadelphia And Served As An Openly Gay Delegate To The Black Panther Convention That Endorsed The Gay Liberation Struggle. Kuromiya Was An Assistant Of Martin Luther King Jr., And Took Care Of King's Children In The Days Immediately Following King's Assassination. To Protest Of The Use Of Napalm In The Vietnam War In 1968, He Announced That A Dog Would Be Burned Alive In Front Of The University Of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library. Thousands Turned Up To Protest, Only To Find A Message From Kuromiya: "Congratulations On Your Anti-Napalm Protest. You Saved The Life Of A Dog. Now, How About Saving The Lives Of Tens Of Thousands Of People In Vietnam. Kuromiya Was Involved In All Aspects Of The Aids Movement, Including Radical Direct Action With Act Up Philadelphia And The Act Up Network, People With Aids (Pwa) Empowerment And Coalition-Building Through We The People Living With Hiv/Aids, National And International Research Advocacy, And Loving And Compassionate Mentorship And Care For Hundreds Of People Living With Hiv. Kiyoshi Was The Editor Of The Act Up Standard Of Care, The First Standard Of Care For People Living With Hiv Produced By Pwas. Kiyoshi Is Perhaps Best Known As The Founder Of The Critical Path Project Newsletter, Which Brought The Strategies And Theories Of His Associate/Mentor Buckminster Fuller To The Struggle Against Aids. The Critical Path Newsletter, One Of The Earliest And Most Comprehensive Sources Of Hiv Treatment Information, Was Routinely Mailed To Thousands Of People Living With Hiv All Over The World. He Also Sent Newsletters To Hundreds Of Incarcerated Individuals To Insure Their Access To Up-To-Date Treatment Information. Critical Path Provides Free Access To The Internet To Thousands Of People Living With Hiv In Philadelphia And The Region, Hosted Over A Hundred Aids Related Web Pages And Discussion Lists, And Showed A Whole Generation Of Activists And People Living With Hiv That The Internet Can Be A Tool For Information, Empowerment And Organizing. A Leader In The Struggle To Maintain Freedom Of Speech On The Internet, Participating In The Successful Lawsuit Against The Communications Decency Act, Kuromiya Was Also The Leading Plaintiff In The Supreme Court Of The United States Case, Kuromiya V. United States, Calling For The Legalization Of Marijuana For Medical Uses. He Was Also A Nationally Ranked Scrabble Player And A Master Of Kundalini Yoga. He Was The Author (As Steve Kuromiya) Of 1968 Collegiate Guide To Greater Philadelphia (1967) And, With R. Buckminster Fuller, Of Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario For The Future Of Humanity (1992). In June 2019, Kuromiya Was One Of The Inaugural Fifty American ?Pioneers, Trailblazers, And Heroes? Inducted On The National Lgbtq Wall Of Honor Within The Stonewall National Monument (Snm) In New York City?S Stonewall Inn. The Snm Is The First U.S. National Monument Dedicated To Lgbtq Rights And History, And The Wall?S Unveiling Was Timed To Take Place During The 50Th Anniversary Of The Stonewall Riots.
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