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This photo shows Chinatown vendors and supporters marching in protest of Mayor Giuliani's "Quality of Life" program. Protestors hold signs such as "[Who] Can We Trust," "Quality of Life Stinks," "Stop arresting honest, hard-working people."

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This is a photograph of a 2001 demonstration organized by Andolan Organizing South Asian Workers. The twelve women are demonstrating in front of a residential home to demand reparations for Aniq Khan, a domestic worker who had been abused and…

The photograph captures a sea of taxicab vehicles surrounding a New York Police Department van. While the photograph does not have a recorded date, the scene depicted was a very common one throughout the 1990s. Throughout the decade, the city saw a…

In a documentary-style video, the Chinese Staff and Workers' Association (CSWA) showcases striking Asian workers at the Silver Palace Restaurant in Chinatown. The workers organized into a union, but those who had joined were fired and it was not…

Interview with National President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and Director of the UCLA Labor Center, Kent Wong, in which he explains how Prop 187 is harmful to minorities and undocumented immigrants.

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

A green highway sign reading "Exit 3, 8 Ave, 7 Ave, 1/2 Mile" is bolted to the side of a pedestrian bridge over a highway. A large handmade sign is hung from the chain link fence protecting the bridge beside it which reads, "Rights for All Workers."

Demonstrators hold a banner for the Filipino Workers Center.

Demonstrators in front of a movie theater in Times Square protesting the film Rising Sun. Demonstrators hold up a yellow banner that seems to read "Asian Americans for Equality."

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…