descentintotyranny:

The word on twitter is that legendary civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama just passed away. She dedicated her life to a variety of political causes, including freeing political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, and achieving reparations for the victims of Japanese American internment. Kochiyama held Malcolm X in her arms as he lay dying.

Here’s a reading from Sandra Oh a few years ago, in which Kochiyama describes the camps her family were forced into.

May she rest in power.