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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    I-Hotel Tenants

    I-Hotel tenants (left to right) Claudio Domingo, Anacleto Moniz, and Luisa de la Cruz (also known as Mrs. D), together as a community embodying the bayanihan spirit.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    Manongs at Lucky M Pool Hall

    Manongs at the Lucky M Pool Hall, one of many establishments along Kearny Street in Manilatown where community members gathered.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • Rows of I-Hotel tenants and supporters line entrance of the hotel. Above them, strung across the brick facade, is a sign reading "Stop Eviction!"

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    Stop Eviction at I-Hotel

    In an important act of community resistance, I-Hotel tenants and community allies lined up in front of the I-Hotel in 1977 to resist its closure and demolition.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p3

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p2

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p1

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Leaflet with headline "Mass Strike Called." Two subheadings, "10 Student Demands" and "Students Ask to Walk Out," appear below.

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    TWLF Strike Leaflet

    This leaflet called for students to walk out of classes on November 6, 1968, the first day of the TWLF strike at San Francisco State College. It lists the 10 BSU-initiated demands adopted by the TWLF.

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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance.

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    Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA).

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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action.

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    Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA).

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  • Typed TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor.

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    Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) position paper

    TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE).

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  • Co-business owner Rushanee Suksod, smiling proudly in a striped shirt, stands by front door of her Thai restaurant Tawan with the open sign displayed.

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    Module 2: New Homes and Returns

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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  • Two food service workers, masked and with hair coverings, prepare skewered meat on grill in outdoor tent. Beside them are more food vendors in tents.

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    Module 3: Places and Spaces

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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    Module 4: Unity and Division

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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  • A group of colorfully dressed people crouch and stand near crosswalk. They surround a green street sign reading "Little Thailand Way" in white font.

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    Module 5: Belonging and Building Community

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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    Module 2: Education for Liberation: Asian Americans and Third World Studies

    Diane C. Fujino

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    Asian American Activism
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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    Module 3: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part I: The Price of Gentrification

    Katherine H. Lee

    Chapter:

    Asian American Activism
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  • I-Hotel supporters link arms to form barricade outside hotel. Above them hangs a banner with partially obscured text reading "No Eviction!"

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    Module 4: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part II: Save the International Hotel

    Katherine H. Lee

    Chapter:

    Asian American Activism
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    Module 5: Labor Organizing: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA)

    Diane C. Fujino

    Chapter:

    Asian American Activism
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  • White American couple are seated in portrait studio with their children. Their three daughters stand behind them, while the mother holds young son, an adopted Korean boy.

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    Module 3: Adoptees

    Kimberly McKee

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    Korean Americans
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