Protest Against Police Brutality – 50.01.003.IMG_MYO.PeterYewProtest.1975.CorkyLee
Students banding together during a 1975 protest against police brutality after the beating of fifteen-year-old Peter Yew by police after a traffic stop.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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