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Injustice: Made in America — Remembering Vincent Chin 1955-1982. On display June 5–6, 1992. Mixed media installation was a joint effort by Godzilla Asian American Arts Network and CAAAV. Text and objects explain and symbolize the compounding layers…

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Injustice: Made in America — Remembering Vincent Chin 1955-1982. On display June 5–6, 1992. Mixed media installation was a joint effort by Godzilla Asian American Arts Network and CAAAV. Text and objects explain and symbolize the compounding layers…

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A group poses for a photo in Chinatown. They are holding a sign written in Mandarin that reads (according to Google translate): “Protect human rights deeply! Protecting immigrants in Chinatown.”

Footage of rally outside 5th Police Precinct held in support of arrested activists who were being held inside. The activists were released incrementally over the course of the rally, to the cheers of the crowd. Some activists were not released and…

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An activist stands onstage and speaks into a microphone. They hold a poster that reads "No War No Racism" and "People of Color for Peace & Justice" in English, Arabic, and Spanish. They wear a button that reads "War is not the answer."

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Ai-jen Poo sits with three CAAAV staff members as they read from a document that lays in her lap in preparation for a panel discussion related to the Women Workers' Project.

Ai-jen Poo is a Taiwanese-American labor leader, organizer, and author…

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Youth volunteers standing around in a circle. Signs on the wall read "Affordable Housing Now!" and "No Stadium Chinatown."

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In the first photo, Yuri Kochiyama and a participant are sitting and talking with each other. In the second photo, another participant and Kazu Iijima are speaking with each other.

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On January 21, 1988, protesters marched down Fifth Ave, Manhattan to demonstrate against the Howard Beach verdict, where three defendants were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Michael Griffith. Griffith, 23, was beaten and chased by a…
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