Yesterday's "Democracy Now" tv/radio show featured a repeat of a year-old interview with Yuri Kochiyama. (It's the 43rd anniversary of his death, which she witnessed.)You can read, see, or hear the interview by going to
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/20/civil_rights_activist_yuri_kochiyama_remembers
She talks about her father being taken away by the FBI in WWII, the scene of Malcolm X's assassination, and remembrances of Malcolm's interactions and travels.
(This reminds me that I ought to have some soundbites of her late husband, Bill, on a cassette, somewhere. I think I ran into them, one time, in L.A. at a JA community event. I'd brought along my tape recorder and microphone. At the time, I was doing my Asian American radio show, and always on the lookout for material.)
Posted by raacluse at February 21, 2008 12:41 PM