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1995_April_Bridge & tunnel takeover_0002_a.jpg
CAAAV and NCPRR (National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights) took over the Chinatown Manhattan Bridge entrance during rush hour, wearing vests with messages protesting Mayor Giuliani’s oppressive police policies.

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CAAAV and NCPRR (National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights) took over the Manhattan Bridge entrance (the Chinatown side) during rush hour. They wore vests with messages protesting Mayor Giuliani’s oppressive police policies. Others took over the…

1986_December_Howard Beach protest_0011.jpg
People are standing under the first CAAAV Banner at a protest at Howard Beach. CAAAV was there in solidarity with black organizers protesting against the police mishandling of the murder of Michael Griffith.

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A group of people are talking under the first CAAAV Banner at a protest at Howard Beach. CAAAV was there in solidarity with black organizers protesting against the police mishandling of the murder of Michael Griffith.

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Protestors holding a banner for the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. They are at a protest at Howard Beach against the police mishandling of the murder of Michael Griffith; CAAAV was also present in solidarity.

1992_May_People of Color Against State Violence_0002.jpg
From left to right holding signs, Jinsoo Kim, Marsha Tajima, and Donald Suggs holding signs with anti-violence phrases. Others move behind them throughout the protest gathering area.

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CAAAV representatives gathering at Foley Square for the People of Color Against State Violence protest. They hold a painted banner reading "Asians Against the Racist Police State / The Committee Against Anti Asian Violence."

1992_May_Asian Pacific Heritage Day_0001_a.jpg
CAAAV tabling at Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center for Asian Pacific Heritage Day, Mini Liu and Maggie in the bottom left of the image, Peter Liu in the far right. The group wears red armbands, as they have come directly from the People of Color…

1987_October_Ou Yong Gook police brutality protest_0002_a.jpg
In the first photo, Mini Liu is in blue blazer, speaking for CAAAV. In the second photo, the speaker in tan sweatshirt, is speaking for KAAAV (Koreans Against Anti-Asian Violence). Protest was at 17th precinct police station in Manhattan East Side to…

1987_October_Ou Yong Gook police brutality protest_0001_a.jpg
Protestors gather at 17th precinct police station in Manhattan East Side to protest the police beating of 20-year-old Korean student Yong Kook Ou. Weeks earlier Ou was pulled from his bike and arrested for riding against traffic and severely beaten…
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