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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…

Members of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, carrying a banner bearing their name and logo, join fellow New Yorkers to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun near West 45th Street and Broadway in…

Asian New Yorkers march past the Roundabout Theatre near Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. Protestors hold signs written in Chinese and English decrying racism.

Asian New Yorkers and members of the press gather in front of the Roundabout Theatre near Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. One demonstrator’s sign reads “Ebony and Ivory Live Together…

Asian and Black New Yorkers gather in front of the United Artists Theatre in Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. Many protestors hold signs as they march.

Asian and Black New Yorkers gather in Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. A sign in the shape of a tombstone bears the writing “Robert Buchanan, August 10, 1992, Olympia, WA,” in memory of…

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!…

This photographs shows a crowded scene in front of a movie theater. On its marquee, adorned in red block letters, is a title: RISING SUN. On the street, members of CAAAV hold signs as tourists pass by, reading “Japanese men sleeping with white women!…

A demonstrator protests against real estate developer Benjamin Shaoul and gentrification in Chinatown (Manhattan). They hold up a poster that reads, "BENJAMIN SHAOUL HANDS OFF CHINATOWN."

Demonstrators protesting against New York City’s Mayor Rudy Guiliani. They are holding signs that read (from left to right) “IMPEACH GULIANI,” “ARREST GULIANI,” and “RACIST RUDY.”