HIGHLIGHTS:
After he got off the plane, he was driven straight to San Francisco to Prison Radio’s studio to record a conversation with political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal. After that we went down the street to a Mexican restaurant by the name of Pancho Villa in the Mission, where he and Yuri finally met.
I remember she appeared very feeble, but she looked up and reached out strongly to hug Malcolm. Malcolm would go on to tell me that was one of the biggest and happiest days of his life.
Another time in 2010, Malcolm had been going through some personal problems in his life and told me that he had an urge to see and talk to Yuri. We called her and hooked up with her in the Fruitvale district of East Oakland, at Peets Coffee Shop, which was near where she was staying. That’s one of the times when she stressed the prophetic words to him that “you are only as good as the people around you” and that “you have to keep your circle tight.”
I remember hosting an event in West Oakland at the Black New World social club, where she answered questions about her life and friendship with El Hajj Malik el Shabazz. A well known Asian man asked her, “What did you and Malcolm talk about in public?” She replied, “We did not talk publicly because he was a leader whose time in public was totally dedicated to his people, and I wanted to respect that.”
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