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A large group of demonstrators are pictured marching in front of the Criterion theater in Times Square to protest the film debut of Rising Sun on July 30, 1993. In the foreground a person holds a sign that reads “Thumbs Down!” while in the background…

Two women sitting with their backs turned to the camera amid a demonstration for Racial Justice Day. In the back of the older woman, a pasted red sticker reads, "THE UNITED STATES IS CHARGED WITH COLONIZATION OF SOVEREIGN PEOPLES; RACIAL JUSTICE DAY;…

A Lease Drivers Coalition advertisement orignally placed in CAAAV Voices' Winter 1994 issue on page 7. It is selling t-shirts that would support the group's operation and a growing public awareness.

Demonstrators holding a sign that reads: “STOP RACIST VIOLENCE Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence” A man on the left holds a small Pan-African flag, while several of the other individuals in front hold a larger one.

CAAAV participating in an interracial protest against racial violence. Main focus of the image is a large CAAAV banner stating "Stop Racial Violence" with protestors holding it aloft.

Three women standing outside, possibly at a protest. Two of them are holding signs which read (from left to right): “Stop Modern Day Slavery! We Are Watching You. ANDOLAN Organizing South Asian Workers” and “Mr. Bhatia, Shame on you!”

A banner that reads, "STOP COMPROMISING OUR LANDS" laying on a street. The square-shaped banner is made of netting and has paper cut-outs of fish attached to it. The banner was displayed by marchers at the 1999 Philippine Independence Day Parade.

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…

This photograph dated July, 1995 was taken at the memorial service of 16-year-old Yong Xin Huang at PS 124 in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Huang’s middle school portrait can be seen in a black frame bordered with purple flowers. The line “WE SHALL NEVER…

A man holds a sign with the words "Racism is used to divide the people of color!" in the foreground of photo. United Artists Theater is visible in the background.CAAAV, along with dozens of other Asian American organizations across the country,…