A man holds a sign with the words "Rising Sun is Stupid" and a woman holds a sign with the words "Don't Profit On Our Lives 20th Century" in the photo.
CAAAV, along with dozens of other Asian American organizations across the country, organized…
A crowd marches through Time Square chanting to the beat of a bright red drum. The demonstrators, unfazed by billboards looming overhead, brandish signs and banners of their own. Their destination? A movie theater.
CAAAV activists protesting the opening of the movie Rising Sun in Times Square. Activists carry drums and a sign for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
An empty storefront window with a sign that reads "Retail Space / for Lease / Amira Yunis". The storefront has a green wall sign above the doorway with yellow letters in Chinese.
Photo taken at the Brooklyn DA office during a demonstration organized by CAAAV after the DA failed to bring an indictment against Steven Mizrahi, the NYPD officer who murdered Yong Xin Huang on March 24, 1995.
Footage of a church service and subsequent community meal held at Rainbow Center. Speeches made mostly in Chinese. Speech in English in P5. Also Chinese musical, dance, and comedy performances.