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Video opens with an advertisement. Report by Gabe Pressman of Channel 4 News, as part of a series on police brutality. Kim Huyn, Chinese-American 17 year old, boarded the bus in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to commute to her high school, when the bus driver…

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A child wearing a four-sided protest sign and marching in a Philippine Independence Day Parade. The words "WORKERS" and "WOMEN" are visible on the child's sign, likely representing the Women Workers Project (WWP) of CAAAV. Other marchers holding…

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Five children at a rally wearing headbands and shirts with slogans and signs. The headbands are partially obstructed, and read, "_ SOCIAL FORUM / SAYS / PHANSI GEAR" and the shirts read, "ISRAEL / AN / APARTHEID / STATE" and "LANDLESSNESS = RACISM /…

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Picture of an apartment building at 123 Baxter Street in Chinatown (Manhattan). A sign on the building reads "DOWNTOWN DEFINED [...] www.123baxterstreet.com."

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A building with fire escapes in Chinatown. The business on the ground floor is European Crystal Chandelier.

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A few buildings in Chinatown with signs in Chinese and English; one reads, "95 BOWERY PHARMACY INC. 95" in English with Chinese above it.

newsarticle_2002.1.8_Village Voice.pdf
This news article reported in English centered on the possible eviction of a Chinatown garment factory (Fortune Gardens), whose owner was sued by landlords for alleged unpaid rent. The factory’s shutdown could result in the unemployment of 40 Chinese…

newsarticle_1999.3.15.pdf
On March 15, 1999, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District invited the NYC Department of Transportation and New York City Transit to brief community members on the impacts of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation project. Multiple…

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Buildings in Chinatown with signs in multiple languages. The most prominent sign reads, "CENTURY CAFE" in English with Chinese above and to the sides of the English letters.

Footage of protest against police harassment of Chinatown street vendors. John Yong, attorney for the vendors, gives interviews to multiple TV news crews.
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