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July 30, 1993: CAAAV summer interns Jonathon Sung Bidol, Ginny Moon, and Julia Wang gather over one-hundred demonstrators outside Times Square’s Criterion Theater to protest Philip Kaufman’s racist film, Rising Sun, on its opening day. “Rising Sun!…

In February 1999, dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Dragon Gate Market to protest against the Giuliani administration’s decision to raze the market, which had catered to the Chinatown neighborhood for most of the past decade. Protestors,…

The poster reads "Struggle 4 just & meaningful change"

Black and white photograph of three protestors holding signs that protest welfare reform (one poster is partially obscured). The posters read, "WELFARE 'REFORM' HURTS ASIAN AMERICANS" and "SOUTHEAST ASIANS ARE HERE TO STAY."

Banner created by the International Socialist Organization at a demonstration in Chinatown. Banner text reads "Stop The Racist Killer Cops" and features illustrations of a red fist and a police officer with a pig's snout. One protestor is carrying…

A protestor wearing a white armband raises their fist in solidarity with oppressed peoples. Two additional protestors and a police officer stand in the background.

A multiracial group of demonstrators protests anti-Asian violence. A banner above them reads, "STOP RACIST VIOLENCE" and "COALITION AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE."

A woman speaks into a microphone while three demonstrators stand behind her. A banner behind the demonstrators reads, "[ASIAN] AMERICAN [LEGAL] DEFENSE."

A woman stands in a truck bed and speaks into a microphone as other protestors look on and hold up an effigy of an unnamed United States Founding Father. Signs in front of the speaker read, "THE PEOPLES TRIBUNAL" and "Creating Unequal Economic…

A multiracial group of youths marches down a New York City street to protest against anti-Asian violence. Five youths in the front hold a banner that reads "COMMITTEE AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE CAAAV NEW YORK CITY."