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Two women stand in front of a large banner that says "Yong Xin Huang, July 17, 1978 - March 24, 1995, Unjustly Killed by the Police." The banner hangs on a chain link fence. One woman holds a pad of paper and an electronic bullhorn so that the second…

Group of Asian people holding signs with the names and death dates of victims of anti-Asian violence during the 1980s and 1990s. The largest and most prominent sign has the name of Vincent Chin on it.

A group of people at a demonstration on a city street, a film crew is visible, and a large red sign that reads, "STOP RACIST & ECONOMIC VIOLENCE / Justice NOW!"

Interracial, political demonstration protesting police brutality and violence against Black and Asian individuals.

Asian members of CAAAV and Black New Yorkers march in protest past the now-demolished Sun Sing Theatre, under the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan's Chinatown. Protestors hold signs calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. One sign…

In 2000, CAAAV’s Youth Leadership Project (YLP) produced a short documentary entitled Eating Welfare: Asians and Welfare in New York City. Created in the wake of the aggressive welfare reform of the 1990s, the film explores the lives of Southeast…

A large yellow flag bears the words, “CAAAV ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES NEW YORK CITY,” in painted red, black, and green letters. The flag billows in the wind during an outdoors demonstration.

Asian members of CAAAV gather outdoors in New York City to call for an end to racist violence. A group of protestors hold a large banner bearing the CAAAV title and the text “Stop Racist Violence.”

Members of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, carrying a banner bearing their name and logo, join fellow New Yorkers to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun near West 45th Street and Broadway in…

Asian New Yorkers march past the Roundabout Theatre near Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. Protestors hold signs written in Chinese and English decrying racism.