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Protestors march for Racial Justice Day 1997. The three visible signs state " Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence, New York City," "Asians for Racial Justice," and "Asians for Racial Justice."

CAAAV demonstration and march in lower Manhattan for Racial Justice Day on April 7, 1997. Dozens of marchers are visible in photo, two hold signs reading "Asians For Racial Justice," others hold signs protesting police brutality.

A storefront in Chinatown NYC is graffitied with the words, "Rambo" Rambo, is a popular movie franchise with some images of Asian Americans.

Footage shot for DCTV's documentary, Canal Street: First Stop in America

Footage of a church service and subsequent community meal held at Rainbow Center. Speeches made mostly in Chinese. Speech in English in P5. Also Chinese musical, dance, and comedy performances.

Photo taken at the Brooklyn DA office during a demonstration organized by CAAAV after the DA failed to bring an indictment against Steven Mizrahi, the NYPD officer who murdered Yong Xin Huang on March 24, 1995.

Photo shows several signs in the…

A WNYC reporter interviews a protestor with a sign hanging around their neck.

An empty storefront window with a sign that reads "Retail Space / for Lease / Amira Yunis". The storefront has a green wall sign above the doorway with yellow letters in Chinese.

CAAAV activists protesting the opening of the movie Rising Sun in Times Square. Activists carry drums and a sign for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

A crowd marches through Time Square chanting to the beat of a bright red drum. The demonstrators, unfazed by billboards looming overhead, brandish signs and banners of their own. Their destination? A movie theater.

The activists pictured above…