Yuri Kochiyama Remembers Malcolm X’s Assassination
It was 41 years ago today when Malcolm X was gunned down in the
Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. Yuri Kochiyama cradled his head as he lay
dying on the stage. Kochiyama’s activism began after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor, when she and her family were held in an internment camp
along with more than 100,000 Japanese in the United States. [includes
rush transcript]
Forty-one years ago today–on February 21, Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. Yuri Kochiyama cradled his head as he lay
dying on the stage. Kochiyama’s activism began after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor, when she and her family were held in an internment camp
along with more than 100,000 Japanese in the United States. [includes
rush transcript]
1965–Malcolm X was shot dead as he spoke at the Audubon Ballroom in
Harlem. He had just taken the stage when shots rang out riddling his
body with bullets. He was 39 years old.
