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Yuri Kochiyama Protesting Film Debut of Rising Sun in Times Square
The late Yuri Kochiyama, a political activist who dedicated her life to social justice and human rights movements, is pictured protesting the film debut of Rising Sun on July 30, 1993. The protest took place in front of the Criterion Theater in Times…
Youths holding a CAAAV Banner During a Demonstration
A group of youths is holding a large white CAAAV banner that reads "CAAAV. ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES" during a demonstration. Two young men holding hand drums and a police officer are standing beside them. Behind them, there are more people, and,…
Youths Among Police Officers
A police officer passing behind a young male student reading aloud from a paper, while a young female student holding a phone is possibly recording him. There is a parked police car behind the female student, and likely another police officer mostly…
Youths advocating for immigrants and asylum seekers
Several youths protest U.S. immigration laws and advocate on behalf of immigrants seeking asylum. Their signs read (from left to right), "Punished for Demanding Freedom," "Repeal the 1996 Immigration Law," "FREEDOM for Wackenhut's Detainees!,"…
Youth take action in Time Square late 1990's
Youth protesting in Time Square in the late 1990's for racial and economic equality.
Youth Sit-In Office of Civil Rights
Youth organizers arrive to stage a sit in protest at the Civil Rights office.
Youth protestors
Two youths march in a protest. One of them is wearing a shirt that says "YOUTH JUSTICE," potentially indicating their involvement in CAAAV's Youth Leadership Project. The Youth Leadership Project (YLP) was established by members of CAAAV’s Southeast…
Youth protest in Times Square (New York City)
A group of demonstrators, mostly youths, protest outside a building bearing the name "XANADU" on W 45th Street in Times Square (Manhattan). In the foreground, two young women speak into a microphone, a young boy wears a sign that reads, "ASIAN…
Youth protest in Chinatown (New York City)
Black and white photograph of a group of youths marching through Chinatown (Manhattan) to protest police brutality. They carry several signs that read (from left to right), "[...] POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY," "ALEX [...]," "JOHN [...]," and "SHAME ON…
Youth protest against anti-Asian violence
A multiracial group of youths marches down a New York City street to protest against anti-Asian violence. Five youths in the front hold a banner that reads "COMMITTEE AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE CAAAV NEW YORK CITY."