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Several youths protest U.S. immigration laws and advocate on behalf of immigrants seeking asylum. Their signs read (from left to right), "Punished for Demanding Freedom," "Repeal the 1996 Immigration Law," "FREEDOM for Wackenhut's Detainees!,"…

A young woman holds a poster that reads,
"YONG XIN HUANG
SHOT IN THE BACK
OF THE HEAD BY
P. OFFICER STEVEN MIZRAHI
MARCH 24 1995
16 YEARS OLD."

Four volunteers speak at a demonstration.

Police observing a demonstration.

Multiple CAAAV protesters with orange vests stand in a line in a park. One of the vests has a "Free Palestine" sticker attached to it

Demonstrators hold a banner for the Filipino Workers Center.

Young protesters holds a sign at a demonstration against the film "Rising Sun"; "[We De]mand [Better] Roles [for Asian] Actors"

Following the release of the film Rising Sun on July 30, 1993, members of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV), along with members of numerous other activist organizations such as the New York Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, took…

Image showing CAAAV demonstrators protesting the movie Rising Sun in Times Square. One protestor holds a sign that reads "The Protocols of Zion Anti-Asian Style."

This image shows a man holding a sign that reads in part: “We Demand Better Roles for Asian Actors''[1] at a demonstration at the opening of the film Rising Sun at the United Artist Theatre in Times Square. On July 30th, 1993, CAAAV, along with…