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Poetry about the split of two cultures that still goes on today, Amy Uyematsu born inis a Japanese American poet, She is a third generation Japanese American from Pasadena, California, A graduate of UCLA in mathematics, Amy became active in Asian American Studies in the late sixties, As a college senior, she penned the essay “The Emergence of Yellow Power in America” Gidra,, an assertion of Asian American identity influenced by the consciousness raising theories of the Black Power movement.
That same year she joined the staff of the newly formed UCLA Asian American Studies Center, where she co edited the widely used anthology, Roots: An Asian American Reader.
In thes she was involved in what would become known as the Asian American movement, Modeled after the Black Power movemen Amy Uyematsu born inis a Japanese American poet, She is a third generation Japanese American from Pasadena, California, A graduate of UCLA in mathematics, Amy became active in Asian American Studies in the late sixties, As a college senior, she penned the essay “The Emergence of Yellow Power in America” Gidra,, an assertion of Asian American identity influenced by the consciousness raising theories of the Black Power movement.
That same year she joined the staff of the newly formed UCLA Asian American Studies Center, where she co edited the widely used anthology, Roots: An Asian American Reader.
In the's she was involved in what would become known as the Asian American movement, Modeled after the Black Power movement it too emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions but for Asian American people in the United States.
She was a public high school math teacher foryears, and in thes she began publishing her poetry, Inshe won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize for her

first book,Miles from J Town, Her poetry reflects her Japanese American heritage and continues to address issues of racism and social inequities, The Poetry Foundation states, “Uyematsus poems consider the intersection of politics, mathematics, spirituality, and the natural world, ” Inshe was recognized by the Friends of Little Tokyo Branch Library for her writing contributions to the Japanese American community, sitelink.